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乳 = 乙 + 子 + 爪
乳 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “milk”. It is built from 乙 (fish guts), 子 (child) and 爪 (claw). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 786.
- Keyword
- milk
- RTK frame
- 786
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ニュウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ちち, ち
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- молоко
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 乳 breast
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 乳 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish guts” + “child” + “claw”. 乳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 乳 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.