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毒 = 龶 + 毋

毒 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “poison”. It is built from 龶 (grow up) and 毋 (mother). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1651.

Keyword
poison
RTK frame
1651
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ドク
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
яд
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
毒 poison

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 龶 grow up
  2. 毋 mother

How to find 毒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grow up” + “mother”. 毒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 毒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.