卵 (egg, ovum, roe, spawn) - Kanji Codex

卵

egg, ovum, roe, spawn

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ラン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

たまご

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:6

Strokes:7

JLPT:2

Frequency:1342

Vocabulary

ラン

Word	Reading	Meaning
産卵	サンラン	egg-laying; spawning
受精卵	ジュセイラン	fertilized egg; fertilised egg
卵子	ランシ	ovum; ovule; egg cell
卵巣	ランソウ	ovary
卵形	ランケイ	oval shape; egg shape

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
卵	たまご	eggs; egg; spawn; roe; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ...; beginning; origin; infancy
卵形	たまごがた	oval shape; egg shape
生卵	なまたまご	raw egg
卵白	らんぱく	white of an egg; albumen
卵胞	らんぽう	(ovarian) follicle

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