乳 means “milk, breast”

にゅう · nyuu

Also: breasts

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ちち, ち

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ニュウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 6 · 8 strokes

The story

A hand (爫) over a child (子), with a curve (乚) like a cradling arm: picture a baby being fed. 乳 is milk: 牛乳 is cow's milk, served with almost every Japanese school lunch, and 豆乳 is soy milk.

Used in 牛乳 (gyuunyuu, milk), 豆乳 (tounyuu, soy milk), and 乳製品 (nyuuseihin, dairy products)

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