唾

saliva; sputum

11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school.

Readings

• ダ (on reading): 唾液 (だえき) saliva; 唾液腺 (だえきせん) salivary gland
• つば (kun reading): 唾 (つば) saliva; 眉唾 (まゆつば) dubious tale
• タ (on reading)
• つばき (kun reading): 天に向かって唾を吐く (てんにむかってつばきをはく) to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else; 天を仰ぎて唾す (てんをあおぎてつばきす) to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else
• Read as a whole word: 固唾 (かたず) saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension; 固唾を呑む (かたずをのむ) to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.); 虫唾が走る (むしずがはしる) to be disgusted

Components

• 口
• 垂
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• 口 radical mouth

Words using 唾

• 唾液 (だえき) saliva
• 唾液腺 (だえきせん) salivary gland
• 唾棄 (だき) disdain
• 唾壺 (だこ) spittoon
• 唾腺染色体 (だせんせんしょくたい) salivary-gland chromosome
• 唾 (つば) saliva
• 眉唾 (まゆつば) dubious tale
• 眉唾物 (まゆつばもの) dubious tale
• 生唾 (なまつば) saliva (in one's mouth)
• 唾する (つばする) to spit
• 固唾 (かたず) saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
• 固唾を呑む (かたずをのむ) to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
• 虫唾が走る (むしずがはしる) to be disgusted
• 天に向かって唾を吐く (てんにむかってつばきをはく) to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else
• 天を仰ぎて唾す (てんをあおぎてつばきす) to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else

27 words in all.

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