舌

した · shita · JLPT N3 · noun

tongue

舌 — tongue

👅 shita: she tasted it with her tongue

Sound-alike: shita ≈ she-ta(sted). Etymology: 舌 began as a drawing of a tongue sticking out of a mouth, and 口 (mouth) still sits at the bottom of the character. The same 舌 is the left half of 話 (talk) and 活 (lively).

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