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Kotomora

唾

saliva, sputum

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolStrokes11

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

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  • 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

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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.