Kanji

乳

Meaning

milk and breasts

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • ちち milk
  • ちち しぼり milking
  • ちち たけ tawny milkcap mushroom (Lactarius volemus)
  • ち ぶさ breast
  • ち くび nipple
  • ち びょう metal ornament in shape of a woman's breast

On'yomi

  • にゅう じ infant (below 1 year old)
  • ぎゅう にゅう (cow's) milk
  • ぼ にゅう mother's milk

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/8

Related Entries

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Component Analysis

乳
milk, breasts
ちち, ち, ニュウ
孚
sincere, nourish, encase
たまご, はぐく.む, フ
爫
claw radical (no. 87)
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM...
こ, -こ, シ
乚
hidden, mysterious, secret...
かく.す, かく.れる, イン

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