The kanji 卵: meaning, readings and stroke order
卵
- Meaning
- egg
- On reading
- ラン ran
- Kun reading
- たまご tamago
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 卩 kneel
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- quả trứng (noãn)
- Japanese
- たまご。
- Korean
- 알, 달걀 (난·란)
- Chinese
- 蛋、卵
Readings, words and example sentences
ラン ran · on reading · less common
産卵
laying eggs
かめの 産卵を 見ました。
I watched a turtle lay its eggs.
たまご tamago · kun reading
卵
egg
朝ごはんに 卵を 食べます。
I eat eggs for breakfast.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.