Kanji
牙
N1
5 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2067
tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)
On'yomi (音読み)
ガ、 ゲ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
きば、 は
Radical (部首)
牙 fang kibaOn'yomi compounds (音読み)
象牙
ぞうげ
ivory
牙城
がじょう
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel
牙
げ
tooth
象牙椰子
ぞうげやし
ivory palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa)
牙婆
すあい
broker; brokerage
仏牙
ぶつげ
tooth of Buddha recovered from his cremated ashes
猪牙舟
ちょきぶね
small, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)
牙虫
がむし
water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae family)
黒花狼牙
くろばなろうげ
purple marshlocks (Comarum palustre); swamp cinquefoil
新象牙
しんぞうげ
ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
牙
きば
tusk; fang
牙を研ぐ
きばをとぐ
to lie in wait; to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone
牙海蜷
きばうみにな
mud creeper (Terebralia palustris)
牙を剥く
きばをむく
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
毒牙にかかる
どくがにかかる
to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of)
狼牙ヘニパウイルス
ろうがヘニパウイルス
Langya virus; Langya henipavirus
グラップラー刃牙
グラップラーバキ
Baki the Grappler (manga and media franchise)
Example sentences
牙（きば）もないくせに吠（ほ）えまくる犬（いぬ）とは違（ちが）うんだ。
I'm not a toothless barking dog.
その牙城（がじょう）はお前（まえ）の地獄（じごく）よ。
Her kingdom is your hell.