唾
saliva, sputum
Readings
On'yomi
- ダ
- タ
Kun'yomi
- つば
- つばき
Meaning
唾 centers on the fluid produced in the mouth: saliva or sputum, the liquid that can be spit out.
Most common words using 唾
20 of 27- 唾つばN1
saliva; spit; spittle
- 唾壺だこ
spittoon
- 唾液だえき
saliva; sputum
- 固唾かたず
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
- 唾棄だき
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
- 生唾なまつば
saliva (in one's mouth)
- 吐いた唾は飲めぬはいたつばはのめぬ
words once spoken cannot be taken back
- 唾くつばく
to spit
- 唾するつばする
to spit
- 唾をつけるつばをつける
to call dibs; to establish a claim; to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
- 唾を吐くつばをはく
to spit
- 唾棄すべきだきすべき
detestable; despicable; abhorrent
- 唾液分泌だえきぶんぴつ
salivation; secretion of saliva
- 唾液腺だえきせん
salivary gland
- 唾液腺染色体だえきせんせんしょくたい
salivary-gland chromosome
- 唾腺だせん
salivary gland
- 唾腺染色体だせんせんしょくたい
salivary-gland chromosome
- 固唾を呑むかたずをのむ
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
- 天に向かって唾を吐くてんにむかってつばきをはく
to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to turn to the sky and spit
- 天に唾するてんにつばする
to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to spit at the sky
Study
Etymology
唾 combines 口 (mouth) with 垂, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something hanging or dripping down, as saliva does from the mouth.
Meaning mnemonic
The mouth 口 on the left and 垂 on the right, which looks like something hanging down, together suggest saliva dripping from the mouth.
Reading mnemonic
For ダ, imagine a drop of saliva falling with a soft 'da' sound as it hits the ground: da -> ダ, and the mouth 口 lets the drop fall from 垂.