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乳

Milk
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingニュウ
Kun readingちち、ち
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6Level 23

Meanings

  1. milkRtK
  2. breasts
  1. breast

Synonyms

おっぱい乳房梵鐘

Homonyms

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Same reading (ちち)
父 · father遅々 · slow

Popular Usage

牛乳

Radicals and components

Radical乙second
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fledgling · claw · vulture · child (子) · fishhook

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 786

Compound words

牛乳ぎゅうにゅう
(cow's) milk
搾乳さくにゅう
milking (a cow, goat, etc.); breast pumping; milk expression
豆乳とうにゅう
soy milk
乳児にゅうじ
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
母乳ぼにゅう
mother's milk
乳首ちくび
nipple; teat
乳房ちぶさ
breast; udder
鍾乳洞しょうにゅうどう
limestone cave; limestone cavern
乳製品にゅうせいひん
dairy products
乳幼児にゅうようじ
babies and preschool children
撹乳かくにゅう
milk churning
巨乳きょにゅう
huge breasts
凝乳ぎょうにゅう
curd
授乳じゅにゅう
breastfeeding
乳癌にゅうがん
breast cancer
乳窄ちちしぼり
milking
乳腺にゅうせん
mammary gland
乳鋲ちびょう
metal ornament in shape of a woman's breast
乳酪にゅうらく
dairy products (esp. butter)
乳痂にゅうか
cradle cap
乳糜にゅうび
chyle
煉乳れんにゅう
condensed milk
哺乳ほにゅう
suckling
攪乳かくにゅう
milk churning

Additional Examples

彼は私にパン、それに牛乳もくれた。
He gave me some bread, also some milk.tatoeba
彼は砂糖を牛乳に混ぜました。
He mixed sugar with milk.tatoeba
彼はパンと牛乳がどうにか買えるだけのお金を持っていた。
He had barely enough money to buy bread and milk.tatoeba
彼はサンドイッチと牛乳で空腹を満たした。
He satisfied his hunger with a sandwich and milk.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Milk, breast. 孚 (a hand holding a child) + 乚 — a mother nursing her baby.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 乳

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