毒
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poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics
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Dict coverage rank #287 U+6BD2
How 毒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
龶 (semantic, “a poisonous plant”) + 母 (phonetic, mǔ)
How to remember it
poison · Heisig RSH #1205
grow up + 母 mother
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 母
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 母 (mǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 母 sound component | mǔ | mother; female elders; female |
| 姆 | mǔ | governess, matron, nanny |
| 每 | měi | each, every |
| 拇 | mǔ | thumb; big toe |
| 呣 | m | interjection or exclamation indicating a question |
Words containing 毒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水中毒 | shuǐ zhòng dú | water intoxication; water poisoning |
| 病毒学家 | bìng dú xué jiā | virologist (person who studies viruses) |
| 中毒性 | zhòng dú xìng | poisonous; toxic |
| 天花病毒 | tiān huā bìng dú | variola virus |
| 毒理学 | dú lǐ xué | toxicology |
| 下毒手 | xià dú shǒu | to attack murderously; to strike treacherously |
| 病毒学 | bìng dú xué | virology (study of viruses) |
| 病毒性 | bìng dú xìng | viral |
| 木马病毒 | mù mǎ bìng dú | Trojan horse (type of computer virus) |
| 中毒者 | zhòng dú zhě | poisoned person (food poisoning, drug overdose or toxic exposure); (coll.) addict; junkie;… |
| 中毒 | zhòng dú | to be poisoned |
| 心毒 | xīn dú | cruel; vicious |
| 无毒 | wú dú | harmless; innocuous; lit. not poisonous |
| 布尼亚病毒 | Bù ní yà bìng dú | Bunyavirus; virus of the family Bunyaviridae |
| 食物中毒 | shí wù zhòng dú | food poisoning |
| 毒性 | dú xìng | toxicity |
| 有毒 | yǒu dú | poisonous |
| 毒化 | dú huà | to poison (usu. figuratively); to debase; to pervert; to harm |
| 动物毒素 | dòng wù dú sù | zootoxin |
| 毒手 | dú shǒu | deadly blow; vicious attack; treacherous assault |