卵 – egg, ovum, spawn

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The kanji 卵 means egg, ovum, spawn, roe. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ラン (ran); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たまご (tamago). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 卩 (no. 26).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ラン	ran
Kun’yomi	たまご	tamago

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: 卩 (Kangxi radical 26). Components: ノ・卜・丶・卩.

Words using 卵

卵たまごeggs

Example sentences

卵を一ダースづつつめなさい。

Pack eggs in dozens.

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卵は硬くゆでてください。

Boil the eggs hard.

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彼は医者の卵だ。

He's a future doctor.

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Kanji with the same radical

危印却即卸

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