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吞tūn噬shì作zuò用yòng

  1. (biology) phagocytosis

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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4
吞
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to swallow, to take

Pinyin
tūn
Strokes
7
Frequency
8247 of 2500
Words starting with 吞Words ending in 吞Anywhere in a word
噬
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to devour, to bite

Pinyin
shì
Strokes
16
Words starting with 噬Words ending in 噬Anywhere in a word
作
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) worker, (bound form) workshop, (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)

Pinyin
zuō
Strokes
7
Frequency
1866 of 2500
Words starting with 作Words ending in 作Anywhere in a word
用
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to use; to make use of; to employ, (coverb) with; using, to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions), usefulness; utility, (bound form) expense; outlay, (courteous) to eat; to drink, (literary) hence; therefore

Pinyin
yòng
Strokes
5
Frequency
135 of 2500
Words starting with 用Words ending in 用Anywhere in a word