乳

Translingual

Han character

乳 (radical 5 乙+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月木山 (BDU), four-corner 2241₀, composition ⿰孚乚)

1. breast, nipples
2. milk, suckle

See also

• 奶

References

• KangXi: page 84, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 190
• Dae Jaweon: page 171, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 55, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4E73

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Cantonese

Hanzi

乳 (Yale yu5)

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Japanese

Kanji

乳 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: にゅう (nyū)
• Kun: ちち (chichi), ち (chi)

Compounds

• 牛乳 (hiragana ぎゅうにゅう, romaji gyūnyū) milk
• お乳 (hiragana おちち, romanji ochichi): milk (of mammals)

Noun

乳 (hiragana ちち, romaji chichi)

1. milk
2. breast

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Korean

Hanja

乳 (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

乳 (pinyin rǔ (ru3), Wade-Giles ju³)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

乳 (njiǒ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

乳 (vú, nhú, nhỗ, nhũ)

References

• Nom Foundation