# 舌 tongue

千 (thousand) + 口 (mouth/small box radical)
★★★★☆
6 strokes

## Onyomi

ZETSU |

## Mnemonic

| A thousand mouths speak with one tongue, and they all say:"Led ZEP'S TOO old-fashioned. Let's listen to something more cool, like Oasis." Okay, maybe not a thousand. Maybe, like three.

## Kunyomi

した | tongue ★★★★★

## Jukugo

猫舌(ねこじた) | no hot food for me! ★☆☆☆☆ KUNKUN 猫 (cat) + 舌 (tongue) = 猫舌 (no hot food for me!) someone who doesn't like hot (like oven-hot, not spicy) food.
毒舌(どくぜつ) | sharp-tongued ★☆☆☆☆ 毒 (poison/ addict) + 舌 (tongue) = 毒舌 (sharp-tongued) 'poison tongue' - in English, we'd say a sharp tongue

## Used In

- 話
- 活
- 辞
- 憩
- 乱