漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
唾: saliva, sputum
N1 (our estimate)11 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 垂 is drawn in
11 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ダda · on'yomi · in compounds
- 唾液だえきsaliva; sputum
つばtsuba · kun'yomi · on its own
- 唾つばsaliva; spit; spittle
- 生唾なまつばsaliva (in one's mouth)
Also read タ, つばき, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
垂
Also built on droop (垂)
Also read ダ
8 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read タ
5 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side唾 saliva · 口
vs郵 mail · ⻏In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tuò
Same form: 唾 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 唾 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 唾 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tuò most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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