The kanji 哺: meaning, readings and stroke order

哺

Meaning: feed, nurse
On reading: ホ ho
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mớm, cho bú (bộ)
Japanese: くちうつしでたべさせる。ちちをのませる。
Korean: 먹이다, 젖을 먹이다 (포)
Chinese: 喂、哺乳

Readings, words and example sentences

ホ ho · on reading · less common

哺ほ乳にゅう
nursing with milk (as mammals do)
くじらは 哺ほ乳にゅう類です。
Whales are mammals.

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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.