哺 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道2High school graduate / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- ホ
- Kun
- はぐく.む・ふく.む
- Meaning
- suckle; nurse
Origin
Mouth plus a phonetic element: to put food in the mouth and so raise a child.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ホ | 哺乳類 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 哺乳類ほにゅうるい
mammals
- 哺育ほいく
nursing; rearing
Example
鯨は魚ではなく哺乳類だ。
The whale is not a fish but a mammal.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)