舌 means “tongue”

した · shita

Also: reed, clapper

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

した

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゼツ

JLPT N1 · Taught in grade 6 · 6 strokes

The story

A forked tongue flicking up out of a mouth (口), its top now shaped like 千: the old picture is easy to see. 舌 is the tongue: 舌打ち is an annoyed click, 猫舌, a cat's tongue, is someone who can't handle hot food, and 毒舌 is a venomous tongue.

Used in 舌 (shita, tongue), 猫舌 (nekojita, sensitivity to hot food), and 毒舌 (dokuzetsu, sharp tongue)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.