Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #475

nucleus, core, kernel

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

stone (of a fruit); pit
nuclear weapon
kernel; core
nuclear (bomb) test
nuclear fuel
tuberculosis; TB
core; heart (of the matter)
nuclear warhead
nuclear family
nuclear arms

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

nuclear umbrella

Example sentences

Today young people find themselves, through no fault of their own, living in a world torn by international bitterness and the threat of nuclear destruction.

No country under the sun is safe in this nuclear age.

He contends that nuclear weapons are necessary for national defense.

He argued that nuclear weapons were a threat to peace.