Onyomi: ニュウ · Kunyomi: ち, ちち · Meanings: breasts, milk
Kanji for breasts, milk
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乳 is made from 爫 (hand) on the top and 子 (child) on the bottom. 爫 represents a hand doing an action. 子 represents a child or baby. The image shows caring for a child by producing nourishment. From this idea of nourishment given to a baby, 乳 came to mean milk or乳 (to nurse).
乳 is milk given to nourish a child.
Imagine a caring hand (爫) providing milk to a baby (子). That nourishing milk is 乳.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 乳 | ちち | milk | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 乳房 | ちぶさ | breast, udder | common Noun |
| 乳製品 | にゅうせいひん | dairy products | common Noun |
| 乳首 | ちくび | nipple, teat | common Noun |
| 乳幼児 | にゅうようじ | babies and preschool children | common Noun |
| 乳腺炎 | にゅうせんえん | mastitis | Noun |
| 乳母車 | うばぐるま | baby carriage, perambulator, pram | Noun |
| 乳がん | にゅうがん | breast cancer | Noun |
| 乳牛 | にゅうぎゅう | dairy cow, dairy cattle, milk cow, milch cow | Noun |
| 乳歯 | にゅうし | baby tooth, milk tooth, first set of teeth | Noun |