嚼

bite

21 strokes.

Readings

• シャク (on reading): 咀嚼 (そしゃく) chewing; 咀嚼筋 (そしゃくきん) muscle of mastication
• かむ (kun reading)

Components

• 口
• 爵
• 口 radical mouth
• 寸 radical inch; measure
• 爪 radical claw
• 買 radical net, top form of 网
• 艮 radical stopping; stubborn

Words using 嚼

• 咀嚼 (そしゃく) chewing
• 咀嚼筋 (そしゃくきん) muscle of mastication
• 咀嚼運動 (そしゃくうんどう) mastication
• 咀嚼力 (そしゃくりょく) chewing power
• 日本咀嚼学会 (にっぽんそしゃくがっかい) Japanese Society for Mastication Science and Health Promotion

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