Kanji
N2 8 strokes Grade 5 freq #1419

poison, virus, venom, germ, harm

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

do not nakare

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

poison; toxicant
poisoning
toxicity; virulence
disinfection; sterilization
poisonous; toxic
food poisoning
poisonous substance; toxic substance
deadly poison
toxin; poisonous substance
poison

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

poison gas
pitiful; unfortunate

Example sentences

He thought someone had put poison in his soup.

He took poison by mistake.

I thought only Japanese were workaholics.

Happily, the workaholic did not die.