U+565B "噛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+565B "噛" CJK Unified Ideograph is a Chinese/Japanese kanji character primarily used in the Japanese writing system. It is a variant form of the character 嚙 (or 咬) and carries the meaning of "to bite," "to chew," or "to gnaw," often associated with the action of using teeth to crush or cut food. In Japanese, it is read as "kamu" in its kun'yomi and "kō" or "gō" in its on'yomi, appearing in words like "噛む" (to bite) and "噛みつく" (to bite at). This character belongs to the Han unification block and has a total of 15 strokes, reflecting its composition of the mouth radical (口) and phonetic components that trace back to ancient Chinese forms.