decayed teeth
龋 is a 17 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as qǔ in the third tone.
In traditional Chinese the character 齲 is used.
It is made up of the components 齿 (teeth) and 禹 (Yu the Great , mythical leader who tamed the floods).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 龋
Definitions for 龋 pronounced as qǔ
- decayed teeth
- dental caries
Vocabulary
The most common words for 龋 — see all
- tooth decay
- dental caries
- cavity
- to prevent tooth decay
- anti-caries
- non-caries-inducing