乳

Translingual

Han character

乳 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月木山 (BDU), four-corner 2241₀, composition ⿰孚乚)

Derived characters

• 啂 㳶 𡝦 𥯇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 84, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 190
• Dae Jaweon: page 171, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 55, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4E73

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		乳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 乳
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j25390 Small seal script s08669 Transcribed ancient scripts L34366 L14508 L14509 L14510 L14511
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (乳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
啂	*noːʔ
乳	*njoʔ

Pictogram (象形) : A woman breastfeeding a child.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəw.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 乳

1. breast; nipples
2. milk
3. to suckle

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Japanese

Shinjitai	乳
Kyūjitai	乳

Kanji

乳

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: じゅ (ju)^{←じゆ (zyu, historical)}
• Kun: ち (chi, 乳, Jōyō); ちち (chichi, 乳, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 牛(ぎゅう)乳(にゅう) (gyūnyū): cow's milk
• 巨(きょ)乳(にゅう) (kyonyū)
• 卒(そつ)乳(にゅう) (sotsunyū): weaning
• 乳(ちち)押(お)さえ (chichiosae): bra
• 超(ちょう)乳(にゅう) (chōnyū)
• 乳(にゅう)癌(がん) (nyūgan): breast cancer
• 乳(にゅう)香(こう) (nyūkō): frankincense
• 乳(にゅう)酸(さん) (nyūsan): lactic acid
• 乳(にゅう)汁(じゅう) (nyūjū): milk
• 爆(ばく)乳(にゅう) (bakunyū)
• 馬(ば)乳(にゅう) (banyū): mare's milk
• 貧(ひん)乳(にゅう) (hinnyū)
• 魔(ま)乳(にゅう) (manyū)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
乳
ちち Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Noun

乳(ちち) • (chichi) 

1. (dated) milk
2. breast (of a woman, of a female mammal)

Synonyms

• お乳(ちち) (ochichi, “milk”)
• おっぱい (oppai, “milk, breast”)
• 乳(ち)房(ぶさ) (chibusa, “breast”)
• 胸(むね) (mune, “breast”)

Derived terms

• 上(うえ)乳(ちち) (uechichi): the upper part of a woman's breast
• お乳(ちち) (ochichi): milk
• 下(した)乳(ちち) (shitachichi): the underside of a woman's breast
• 乳(ちち)搾(しぼ)り (chichishibori)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
乳
ち Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Noun

乳(ち) • (chi) 

1. (archaic) milk
2. (archaic) breast

Derived terms

• 乳(ち)兄(きょう)弟(だい) (chikyōdai)
• 乳(ち)飲(の)み子(ご) (chinomigo)
• 乳(ち)房(ぶさ) (chibusa)

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Korean

Hanja

乳 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

乳: Hán Việt readings: nhũ
乳: Nôm readings: vú, nhỏ, nhủ, nhũ, nhả, nhỗ, nhú

1. chữ Hán form of nhũ (“breast”).
2. Nôm form of vú (“breast”).

Compounds

• 乳名 (nhũ danh)
• 乳母 (nhũ mẫu)
• 乳花 (nhũ hoa)