嘗
once; before; formerly; ever; never; ex-; lick; lap up; burn up; taste; undergo; underrate; despise
Radical: 小 (small). Strokes: 14画. Elements: 口⺌日冖匕. Variants: 甞. . Hangul: 상 [sang].
Jinmeiyō Kanji.
Example compounds:
| ショウ | 臥薪嘗胆【がしんしょうたんgashinshōtan】going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance 嘗糞【しょうふんshōfun】shamelessly flattering; brown-nosing; licking excrement |
| ジョウ | 大嘗祭【だいじょうさいdaijōsai】first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor 大嘗会【だいじょうえdaijōe】banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor |
| かつて | 嘗て【かつてkatsute】once; never yet (with negative verb) 未だ嘗て【いまだかつてimadakatsute】not until now (with neg. verb); never yet |
| なめる | 嘗める【なめるnameru】to lick; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to make fun of べろべろ嘗める【べろべろなめるberoberonameru】to lick something up; to lap something up 苦渋を嘗める【くじゅうをなめるkujūwonameru】to have a bitter experience |
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Dictionary indices:
| 5617 | – | Unicode |
| 30-8 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-5-9 | – | SKIP |
| 3n11.1 | – | TKD |
| 9060.1 | – | Four Corner |
| 1369 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 878 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2870 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 4205 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 1141 |