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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

1106 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: tooth, cog

Kunyomi: よわい, は, よわ.い, よわい.する

Onyomi: シ

歯

Radical

Radical: 止

Reading: は

Meaning: stop

Strokes: 12

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Examples

Examples with audio

歯科医(しかい)   dentist

永久歯(えいきゅうし)   permanent tooth

乳歯(にゅうし)   milk tooth, first set of teeth

歯(は)   tooth

歯車(はぐるま)   gear, cog

歯医者(はいしゃ)   dentist

歯ブラシ(はブラシ)   toothbrush

歯磨き(はみがき)   brushing (one's ) teeth

歯止め(はどめ)   brake [n.]

虫歯(むしば)   (tooth) cavity

Onyomi Examples

歯 (シ) tooth, age, years

歯科 (シカ) dentistry

義歯 (ギシ) artificial tooth

生歯 (セイシ) teething, cutting teeth, dentition

Kunyomi Examples

齢 (よわい) (one's) age

歯する (よわいする) to associate (with), to join the company of, to stand alongside (as an equal)

歯 (は) tooth, teeth, tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.), cog, support (of a geta)

歯切れ (はぎれ) feel when biting, manner of enunciation

継ぎ歯 (つぎば) capped tooth, (dental) crown

年端 (としは) age, years (old)

齢 (よわい) (one's) age

歯する (よわいする) to associate (with), to join the company of, to stand alongside (as an equal)

歯する (よわいする) to associate (with), to join the company of, to stand alongside (as an equal)

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