EntryJLPT N2
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to hold in one's mouth

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼はパイプをくわえて話した。
    He spoke with a pipe in his mouth.
  2. to bring with; to take along

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 銜える【くわえる】啣える【くわえる】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

laugh, chew, eat

Kun
か.むくわ.える
On
テツ
Strokes
9
Radical
mouth

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Dictionary and index codes (9)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3d6.8The Kanji Dictionary
6101.4Four corner code
54a5Unicode hex code
1-50-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
773New Nelson (John Haig)
3534Morohashi
xi4, die2Pinyin reading
heui, jilKorean reading