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Milk Fledgling 乳 ニュウ ちち、ち Breasts 牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう Cow's

Kanji
Onyomi ニュウ
Kunyomi ちち、ち
English milk, breasts
Examples 牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう): (cow's) milk
乳(ちち): (1) milk (2) breast (3) loop (4) decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 1289
Components 孚: sincere; nourish; encase
乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5)
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 5
Radical Strokes 1
Radical Reading おつ・おつにょう・つりばり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword milk
Koohii Story 1 A fledgling is being nursed at a zoo, it is fed milk through a small tube that is bent in the shape of a hook (so that it fits inside its beak). The fledgling soon becomes addicted to milk, giving us this very catchy mnemonic: “fledgling hooked on milk”.
Koohii Story 2 Drinking milk not only reduces cavity (#96)´s but also strengthens nails (claws) thanks astgtciv.
RTK Index (new) 786

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade6, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_food.drink

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