獣
beast; animal
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1714.
Readings
- ジュウ (on reading): 怪獣 (かいじゅう) monster; 獣人 (じゅうじん) (fictional) fusion of human and animal
- けもの (kun reading): 獣 (けもの) beast; 獣耳 (けものみみ) kemonomimi
- けだもの (kun reading)
Components
Words using 獣
- 怪獣 (かいじゅう) monster
- 獣人 (じゅうじん) (fictional) fusion of human and animal
- 獣医 (じゅうい) veterinarian
- 幼獣 (ようじゅう) young animal (esp. a mammal)
- 野獣 (やじゅう) wild beast
- 獣 (けもの) beast
- 獣耳 (けものみみ) kemonomimi
- 獣道 (けものみち) animal trail
- 獣の数字 (けもののすうじ) number of the beast (666)
- 獣偏 (けものへん) kanji "dog" or "animal" radical at left
- 獣 (しし) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
118 words in all.