Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    tasting (food or drink) for poison

  2. checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

Also written 毒見【どくみ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite

On
ドク
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1419 of 2500
Radical
do not
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-4-4SKIP code
0a8.14The Kanji Dictionary
5050.7Four corner code
1447deroo
6bd2Unicode hex code
1-38-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2468Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3007New Nelson (John Haig)
2428New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3082Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1571Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1531Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1651Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1165A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
418Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16730Morohashi
559A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
522Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
531Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
686sakade
659Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
588henshall3
513Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
788Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1145Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1545Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
du2Pinyin reading
dogKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

flavor, taste

Kun
あじあじ.わう
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
442 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3d5.3The Kanji Dictionary
6509.0Four corner code
3764deroo
5473Unicode hex code
1-44-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
913Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
766New Nelson (John Haig)
274New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
325Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
206Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
247Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
219Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
233Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
295A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
572Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
339Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3456Morohashi
393A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
307Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
307Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
516sakade
137Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
415henshall3
315Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
169crowley
311Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
302Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
224Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wei4Pinyin reading
miKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level