Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

2067 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)

Kunyomi: きば

Onyomi:

Composition: 丿

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fang

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ガジョウ stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent), inner citadel, bastion

関緊急 ガカンキンキュウ trismus, lockjaw

ソウガ claws and fangs, claws and tusks, clutches, devious design, means of causing harm, weapon, pawn, stooge, cat's-paw, right-hand man

ドクガ poison fang, sinister ways, crooked means, clutches, wily ways, dirty trick

tooth, ivory

新象 シンゾウゲ ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)

黒花狼 クロバナロウゲ purple marshlocks (Comarum palustre), swamp cinquefoil, marsh cinquefoil

Kunyomi Examples

きば tusk, fang

海蜷 きばうみにな mud creeper (Terebralia palustris)