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Keyword
tongue
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig41
Readings
した
(89%)
ぜつ
(8%)
Composed of
千
thousand
口
mouth
Mnemonic

If you'd pick a thousand people at random, and looked into their mouth you will find that each one of them has a tongue inside.

Used in kanji (15 in total)
話
to speak
活
activity
乱
chaos
辞
resign
11 more...
Used in vocabulary (130 in total)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
127 more...
Examples (23 in total)
A woman's hair is long; her tongue is longer.
The side of my tongue hurts.
Show me your tongue.
He picked up a mirror and examined his tongue.
The coffee was so hot that I nearly burned my tongue.
The pen is the tongue of the soul.
The dog licked the plate with its tongue.
Hot soup burned her tongue.
Ouch! I bit my tongue.
That child stuck out his tongue at me.
Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.
My tongue is swollen, and I can't taste a thing!
A woman's strength is in her tongue.
Linda stuck her tongue out.
The little girl stuck out her tongue at him.
Cats' tongues are rough.
Tom has good diction.
The beauty of the scenery is beyond description.
The beauty of the scenery was beyond description.
He stuck out his tongue at his teacher.
The cruelty of the torture in the police station is beyond description.
She has a sharp tongue.
Sadako wanted to say more, but her mouth and tongue wouldn't move.