11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

saliva, sputum

Kun'yomi
  • saliva
  • saliva
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

つば 77.9%
22.1%

Character Breakdown

saliva, sputum
つば ダ つばき (11th)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
droop, suspend, hang
た.れる スイ たる (6th, N1)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Common Words

dubious tale ②taking care not to be fooled
saliva (in one's mouth)
to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else
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References

Unicode hex code 553E
JIS X 0208 1-34-35
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 938
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 826
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 553
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 416
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2165
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1706
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3785
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1119
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d8.2
Four corner code 6201.4
De Roo Code 3772