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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

1289 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: milk, breasts

Kunyomi: ちち, ち

Onyomi: ニュウ

Composition: 孚 乙

乳

Radical

Radical: 乛

Reading: おつ

Meaning: second

Strokes: 1

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Examples

Examples with audio

牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう)   (cow's) milk

母乳(ぼにゅう)   mother's milk

乳牛(にゅうぎゅう)   dairy cattle

乳児(にゅうじ)   infant

乳歯(にゅうし)   milk (baby) tooth

乳(ちち)   milk, breast

乳房(ちぶさ)   breast

Onyomi Examples

乳製品 (ニュウセイヒン) dairy products

乳児 (ニュウジ) infant (below 1 year old), suckling baby

豆乳 (トウニュウ) soy milk

生乳 (セイニュウ) raw milk

Kunyomi Examples

乳 (ちち) milk, breast, loop, decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

乳首 (ちくび) nipple, teat

無い乳 (ないちち) very small breasts

もらい乳 (もらいぢち) having one's baby nursed by another woman, wet-nursing, breast milk received from another woman

乳 (ちち) milk, breast, loop, decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

乳房 (ちぶさ) breast, udder

無い乳 (ないちち) very small breasts

もらい乳 (もらいぢち) having one's baby nursed by another woman, wet-nursing, breast milk received from another woman

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