also: どっけ · どくけ · どくき
poisonous air; poisonous gas; toxic fumes
Only with reading どっき
Refers to harmful airborne substances. Reading is restricted to どっき.
poisonous ingredient; toxic nature; toxicity
Only with reading どっけ / どくけ
Describes the inherent poisonous quality of a substance. Usually read どっけ or どくけ.
Figurative use for a person's venomous attitude. Often appears in the phrase 毒気を抜かれる (to be overwhelmed by someone's malice).
Poisonous gas was emitted by the volcanic eruption.
The toxicity of this plant does not disappear even when heated.
His words were full of malice and unpleasant to hear.
That person's spite really gets to me.
Standard kanji spelling. Reading どっき is used for the 'poisonous air/gas' sense.
Common reading for the 'poisonous ingredient/nature' and 'malice' senses.
Alternate reading for the 'poisonous ingredient/nature' and 'malice' senses.
Rarely used kana form reading; not a practical spelling.
Compound of 毒 (poison) and 気 (spirit, air, essence). The reading どっき is a sound shift from どくき. The exact historical derivation of the variant readings is uncertain.