Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #2461

nurse, suckle

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mouth kuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

mammal; mammalian
suckling; nursing
Japanese Society of Mammalian Ova Research; JSMOR
caring for one's parents in return
nursing (esp. an animal); suckling
mamma (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)
infant at the breast; suckling baby
baby's bottle
holding food in one's mouth; food held in one's mouth
Mammaliaformes

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to be eager to meet someone

Example sentences

Whales are classified as mammals.

A whale is a mammal.

A whale is a sort of mammal.

Boil the milk bottles.