乳
乳 — Milk
milk, breasts
On’yomiニュウ (nyuu)
Kun’yomiちち (chichi)
Kun’yomiち (chi)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 乳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛乳 | ぎゅうにゅう gyuunyuu | (cow's) milk |
| 乳 | ちち chichi | milk; breast; loop |
| 乳児 | にゅうじ nyuuji | infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby |
| 乳幼児 | にゅうようじ nyuuyouji | babies and preschool children |
| 乳製品 | にゅうせいひん nyuuseihin | dairy products |
| 母乳 | ぼにゅう bonyuu | mother's milk |
Study notes
乳 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1289 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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