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Kanji Detail for 獣 - "beast"

獣

  • Meaning

    獣 means "beast." Also associated with dried meat, lion.

    1. Beast - General term for animals; especially wild animals.

    2. Dried meat - Preserved meat.

  • Words using 獣

    • 獣医 じゅうい Listen veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
    • 怪獣 かいじゅう Listen monster
    • 鳥獣 ちょうじゅう Listen birds and wild animals; wildlife

  • Four-character idioms with 獣

    • 人面獣心 じんめんじゅうしん Listen beast in human form

  • Tattoo check: 獣

    • Verified meaning: beast
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そうや, むねお, むねただ)
    • Also carries these associations: dried meat, lion

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 獣

    Surnames 獣(そうや)Listen 獣(むねお)Listen 獣(むねただ)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    animal; beast

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    beast, animal; bestial

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 獸|兽

  • Onyomi

    tip

    juu(ジュウ) ジュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kedamono(けだもの) けだもの

    kemono(けもの) けもの

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    beast dried meat lion animal creature brute wild animal mammal savage feral predator

Sentences including 獣

  • Mother , father , look at your little monster.

More kanji with the radical 犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

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