歯
Mnemonic
You stop mid-bite — a grain of rice just cracked your tooth! Wincing, you spit the broken shard onto a cardboard tray and stare in horror at the jagged enamel sitting in a pile of rice. You press your tongue into the gap where the tooth used to be, vowing to never rush a meal again.
Additional thoughts
Picture the sharp CRACK sound, the white enamel fragment resting on brown cardboard among scattered rice grains. The tongue probing the empty socket reinforces the visceral tooth imagery.Quick recall
You stop chewing rice when it cracks your tooth, spitting the shard onto cardboard.Details
The keyword for 歯 is tooth. This kanji refers to the hard, bony structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing food. It can also be used more broadly to describe tooth-like projections, such as the teeth of a comb or the cogs of a gear. Additionally, it may appear in contexts related to age, since teeth have long been associated with stages of growth and maturity.
- On'yomi
- し
- Kun'yomi
- よわい、は、よわ.い、よわい.する