# 毒 — Poison

Frequency rank 1048 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 盤 (Tray), less common than 維 (Maintain).

- On’yomi: どく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 毋 Do Not (Kangxi 80)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

Life (生) grows in a window (母) — but the plant in the window is toxic: life turned deadly, a beautiful poison.

In words:

- 毒 どく — poison,toxicant
- 消毒 しょうどく — disinfection,sterilization
- 中毒 ちゅうどく — poisoning

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