卵

7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N2

egg, ovum, spawn, roe

Kun'yomi
  • たまご
    		eggs ②(hen's) egg ③(an expert) in the making ④beginning
On'yomi
  • ラン
    		ovum

Main Radical

卩(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

たまご 93.7%
ラン 6.3%

Character Breakdown

egg, ovum, spawn
たまご　ラン (6th, N2)
sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM
う　ボウ　モウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ　わりふ (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

孵

Common Words

たまご
卵
eggs ②(hen's) egg ③(an expert) in the making ④beginning
たまご
卵
や
焼
　
き
rolled egg ②fried egg ③frying pan for making rolled eggs
　
ゆ
　
で
たまご
卵
boiled egg
さん
産
らん
卵
egg-laying
なま
生
たまご
卵
raw egg
きん
金
　
の
たまご
卵
golden child ②golden egg
たまご
卵
　
の
から
殻
eggshell
たまご
卵
りょう
料
り
理
egg dishes
たまご
卵
　
か
　
け
　
ご
はん
飯
rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)
おん
温
せん
泉
たまご
卵
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
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References

Unicode hex code 5375
JIS X 0208 1-45-81
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 199
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 632
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 849
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1054
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 567
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 751
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1422
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1526
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1359
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1527
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2857
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 990
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1058
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1103
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 386
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 1000
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 857
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1135
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 254
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1433
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2e5.2
Four corner code 7772.0
De Roo Code 2644