Kanji

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: rat, mouse, dark gray

Kunyomi: ねずみ ねず

Onyomi: ショ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rat, mouse

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ソエキ plague, pest

ソガイ damage by rats or mice

ナマコ sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)

ヒソ bat (animal)

Kunyomi Examples

ねずみ mouse, rat, dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)

ねずみあな rathole, mousehole

あいねずみ indigo-tinged grey (gray)

においねずみ muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

ねずみ mouse, rat, dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)

ねずこ Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)

あいねずみ indigo-tinged grey (gray)

うめねず grayish pink, rose grey