Kanji N2

乳: milk, breasts

乳 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning milk, breasts, written with 8 strokes. It is read ニュウ (on) and ちち, ち (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 牛乳 (ぎゅうにゅう, milk) and 乳 (ちち, milk).

乳

Meanings

  • milk
  • breasts
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1289 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ニュウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ちち
  • ち

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 乳

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 牛乳ぎゅうにゅう

    (cow's) milk

    JLPT N5
  • 乳ちち

    milk

    JLPT N1
  • 乳児にゅうじ

    infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby

  • 母乳ぼにゅう

    mother's milk

  • 乳幼児にゅうようじ

    babies and preschool children

  • 乳房ちぶさ

    breast; udder

  • 乳製品にゅうせいひん

    dairy products

  • 乳首ちくび

    nipple; teat

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.