The kanji 獣: meaning, readings and stroke order
獣
- Meaning
- beast, animal
- On reading
- ジュウ juu
- Kun reading
- けもの kemono
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 犬 dog
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 獸
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thú, muông thú (thú)
- Japanese
- けもの。どうぶつ。
- Korean
- 짐승 (수)
- Chinese
- 野兽、兽 (兽)
Readings, words and example sentences
ジュウ juu · on reading · less common
獣医
vet, animal doctor
犬を 獣医に 見せます。
I take my dog to the vet.
けもの kemono · kun reading
獣
wild animal, beast
森で 獣の 足あとを 見つけます。
I find animal tracks in the forest.
Practise writing 獣 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 獣 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.