乳 – milk, breasts

8 strokesTaught in grade 6#1289 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 乳 means milk, breasts. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ニュウ (nyuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ちち、ち (chichi, chi). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 乙 (no. 5).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ニュウ	nyuu
Kun’yomi	ちち	chichi
Kun’yomi	ち	chi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 乙 (Kangxi radical 5). Components: 乙・子・爪.

Words using 乳

牛乳ぎゅうにゅう(cow's) milk乳ちちmilk

Example sentences

牛は我々に牛乳を与えてくれる。

The cow supplies us with milk.

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うちの牛は全く乳が出ない。

Our cow doesn't give us any milk.

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Kanji with the same radical

九乱乾乙

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