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毒

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1048 / 2,608

Poison

On’yomi
どく
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
毋 Do Not (Kangxi 80)

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

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

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,toxicantN3
消毒 しょうどく disinfection,sterilizationN2
中毒 ちゅうどく poisoningN1

毒 is rank 1048 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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