舌 – Kanji details

Keyword

tongue

Info

Frequency	Top 700-800
Type	Kyōiku (6th grade) ?
Kanken	Level 5
Heisig	41
Readings	した (89%) ぜつ (8%)
	ぜっじたず

Composed of

千

thousand

口

mouth

Mnemonic

If you'd pick a thousand people at random, and looked into their mouth you will find that each one of them has a tongue inside.

Used in kanji (15 in total)

to speak

activity

chaos

resign

lick

should

take a break

tie a loop around

harpoon

carefully scrape off

???

composure

kind of slug

???

building [old]

Used in vocabulary (130 in total)

舌した

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

舌した打うち

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

舌したを出だす

to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue

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Examples (23 in total)

女おんなの髪かみは長ながい；舌したはもっと長ながい。

A woman's hair is long; her tongue is longer.

舌したの横よこ側がわが痛いたいんです。

The side of my tongue hurts.

舌したを見みせてください。

Show me your tongue.

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