Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag)

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. to wedge into a space

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit)

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. to pull (a joke); to say or do (something stupid); to try (a bluff)

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 嚼ませる【かませる】咬ませる【かませる】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chew, bite, gnaw

Kun
か.むか.じる
On
コウゴウ
Strokes
15
Frequency
2399 of 2500
Radical
mouth

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Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-3-12SKIP code
3d15.2The Kanji Dictionary
6107.2Four corner code
565bUnicode hex code
1-19-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1012Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
888New Nelson (John Haig)
885Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2172Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2290Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4516XMorohashi
nie4Pinyin reading
gyoKorean reading