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Kanji Detail for 卵 - "egg, spawn"

卵

  • Meaning

    卵 means "egg, spawn." Also associated with novice.

    1. Egg - Bird or fish egg.

    2. Novice - Inexperienced person in training.

  • Words using 卵

    • 産卵 さんらん Listen egg-laying; spawning
    • 卵子 らんし Listen ovum; ovule; egg cell
    • 卵巣 らんそう Listen ovary
    • 卵形 らんけい Listen oval shape; egg shape

  • Four-character idioms with 卵

    • 泰山圧卵 たいざんあつらん Listen the strong overwhelming the weak; completing various things without difficulty

  • Tattoo check: 卵

    • Verified meaning: egg, spawn
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read らん)
    • Also carries these associations: novice

    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 卵

    Given names 卵(らん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    egg; ovum; spawn; roe

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    egg; ovum; roe; spawn

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The offspring of birds and insects. Before hatching, it's called 卵 (egg). Such as 危如累卵, meaning stacking bird eggs which will surely topple. 勢如卵石 means strength and weakness are mismatched. Also, nurturing is called 卵翼, meaning like a bird brooding eggs. See (Zuo Zhuan). | The external genitals are called 卵.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ran(ラン) ラン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tamago(たまご) たまご

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    卩 (fushizukuri・warifu)

  • Related Keywords

    egg novice spawn half-grown person bird hatch inexperienced potential shell yolk

Sentences including 卵

  • There were ten eggs in all.

  • I bought a few eggs and a little milk.

  • She ran away with the eggs.

  • All the eggs in the box were broken.

  • I bought a few eggs and a little milk.

  • Please keep from breaking the eggs.

  • How would you like your eggs?

  • How would you like your eggs?

  • How do you like your eggs done?

  • He is a future doctor.

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