哺

suckle; nurse

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2461.

Readings

• ホ (on reading): 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい) mammal; 哺乳 (ほにゅう) suckling
• はぐくむ (kun reading)
• ふくむ (kun reading)

Components

• 口
• 甫
• 丶 radical dot
• 十 radical ten
• 口 radical mouth
• 用 radical use

Words using 哺

• 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい) mammal
• 哺乳 (ほにゅう) suckling
• 哺乳瓶 (ほにゅうびん) baby bottle
• 哺育 (ほいく) nursing (esp. an animal)
• 哺乳類学 (ほにゅうるいがく) mammalogy

18 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists