# 乳

| 乳 | U+4E73, &#20083; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E73 |
| ← 乲 [U+4E72] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 乴 → [U+4E74] |

## Translingual
### Han character

乳 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月木山 (BDU), four-corner 2241$_0$, composition ⿰孚乚)

#### Derived characters

* 啂, 㳶, 㐠
* 𡝦, 𢯚, 𣈃, 𦜘, 𱵙, 𪞺, 𦎞, 𨨜, 𩸐, 𡮈, 𠄀, 𥇽, 𪜛, 𠄇, 𬋲, 𠄉
* 𡨻, 𡭾, 𡮑, 𡔵, 𥯇, 𨼼, 𡲐, 𢉚, 𬌢, 𤭤, 𢆡, 𡇲

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 84, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 190
* Dae Jaweon: page 171, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 55, character 4
* Unihan data for U+4E73

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 乳 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Oracle bone scriptj25390Small seal scripts08669Transcribed ancient scriptsL34366L14508L14509L14510L14511 |||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||
| | Old Chinese |
| 啂 | *noːʔ |
| 乳 | *njoʔ |
Pictogram (象形): A kneeling woman holding and breastfeeding a child. The woman resembles the character 母.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəw.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rǔ (ru$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî
* Jin (Wiktionary): ru$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nĕng / nèng / ṳ̄
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): jí / jú / lú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ru$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy; $^6$lu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rǔ
*** Wade–Giles: ju$^3$
*** Yale: rǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruu
*** Palladius: жу (žu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^5$
*** Yale: yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /i²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ru$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐu⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nĕng / nèng / ṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡɛiŋ⁵⁵/, /nˡɛiŋ⁵³/, /y³³/
* nĕng/nèng - colloquial;
* ṳ̄ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: nyuX
Rime :
| Character | 乳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 而主切 |
| Baxter | nyuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵuə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*noʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*njoʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 乳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | rǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyu$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*noʔ/ |
| English | milk; nipple |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 乳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10868 |
| Phonetic component | 乳 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 乳 |
| Old Chinese | /*njoʔ/ |

### Definitions

乳
* (literary) to breastfeed; to suckle
* breast; nipples
* milk; breast milk
    母乳 ― mǔrǔ ― breast milk; mother's milk
** milk or cheese-like substance
    豆乳 ― dòurǔ ― soya milk
* to breed; to propagate
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Shùrì bùsǐ, xiōngnú yǐwéi shén, nǎi xǐ Wǔ Běihǎi shàng wúrén chù, shǐ mù dī, dī rǔ nǎi dé guī. [Pinyin]
    Several days had passed. Su Wu remained alive. The Xiongnu thereupon reckoned him godlike, eventually moved him to an uninhabited region by the Northern Sea [Lake Baikal], where he was set to herding rams. Only when these rams procreate their species was he allowed to return.
* newborn; young and small
    乳豬／乳猪 ― rǔzhū ― suckling pig
* to multiply; to proliferate; to reproduce; to breed
* (Internet slang) Alternative form of 辱 (rǔ, “to insult, to humiliate”)

#### Synonyms

* (to breastfeed):
* 哺乳 (bǔrǔ)
* 抱奶 (bàonǎi)
* 授乳 (shòurǔ)
* 母乳餵養 / 母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng)
* 飼奶 / 饲奶 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 餵奶 / 喂奶 (wèinǎi)
* (breast):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 乳 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乳房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 咂兒咂兒, 媽媽, 奶膀子, 奶子, 㜷㜷 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 奶子, 咪咪 slang, 長輩 slang |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 咂咂兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 咂兒, 奶頭, 媽媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 咂兒, 奶頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 乳房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 咂咂兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 奶子, 奶膀子, 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 媽兒媽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 乳房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 奶膀子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 個個 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 悶兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 媽媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 媽媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 媽媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 媽媽, 奶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 奶子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 奶子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 媽媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 奶頭, 奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 奶頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 媽媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 高高 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 高高, 奶頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 苶苶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 奶子, 高高 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶奶, 包子 humorous |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 媽, 媽媽, 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 咪咪, 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 奶兒, 奶子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 奶子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 奶子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 奶頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 媽頭子 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 奶奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 𢆡, 胸, 波, 車頭燈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 媽仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 媽仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 𢆡姑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 𢆡姑 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 𢆡, 奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 乳房 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 𢆡, 呢仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 𢆡, 奄 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 𢆡, 奶 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 𢆡, 奶 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 波 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 奶 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 奶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 奶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 奶菇, 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 奶菇, 奶 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 奶菇, 奶 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 奶房, 奶 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 奶 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Changting | 奶 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 奶 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 奶 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 奶菇, 奶 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 波 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 奶 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 奶, 奶菇 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 奶, 奶脯 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 奶, 媽 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 奶 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶, 奶奶 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 奶, 奶奶, 奶牛, 奶牛牛 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 奶 |
| Jin | Linhe | 奶頭 |
| Jin | Jining | 奶 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 牛牛 |
| Jin | Baotou | 奶 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 奶 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 奶頭 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 媽媽 |
| Jin | Handan | 妹妹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 奶, 奶脬, 奶座 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 奶奶, 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 奶奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 奶奶 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 奶, 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 奶, 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 奶, 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 奶 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 奶, 奶仔, 奶奶 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 奶 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 奶 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 奶 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 𢆡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 奶頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 奶 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 奶, 奶奶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 奶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 奶奶 |
| Wu | Danyang | 奶奶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 奶奶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 奶奶脯, 奶脯, 奶奶 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 奶奶, 奶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 奶, 奶窠 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 奶子, 奶, 奶唧唧 childish, 唧唧 childish |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 奶痣婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 奶婆 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 奶婆 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 奶婆 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 奶婆, 奶 |
* (milk):
* 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
* 唧唧 (ji$^4$ ji$^4$) (Xiang, childish)
* 奶 (nǎi) (literary, or in compounds)
* 奶唧唧 (lai$^3$ ji$^4$ ji$^4$) (Xiang, childish)
* 奶奶 (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese, Wu, childish in Cantonese)
* 奶子 (nǎizi) (dialectal, colloquial)
* 奶水 (nǎishuǐ)
* 奶汁 (nǎizhī)
* (young and small): 幼小 (yòuxiǎo)
* (to multiply):
* 增生 (zēngshēng)
* 滋生 (zīshēng)
* 生息 (shēngxī)
* 生殖 (shēngzhí)
* 繁殖 (fánzhí)
* 繁育 (fányù)
* 繁衍 (fányǎn)

### Compounds

* 乳劑 / 乳剂 (rǔjì)
* 乳化 (rǔhuà)
* 乳化劑 / 乳化剂 (rǔhuàjì)
* 乳名 (rǔmíng)
* 乳山 (Rǔshān)
* 乳房 (rǔfáng)
* 乳暈 / 乳晕 (rǔyùn)
* 乳母 (rǔmǔ)
* 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
* 乳溝 / 乳沟 (rǔgōu)
* 乳牙 (rǔyá)
* 乳牛 (rǔniú)
* 乳癌 (rǔ'ái)
* 乳白 (rǔbái)
* 乳突 (rǔtū)
* 乳突竇 / 乳突窦
* 乳糖 (rǔtáng)
* 乳罩 (rǔzhào)
* 乳脂 (rǔzhī)
* 乳腐 (rǔfǔ)
* 乳腺 (rǔxiàn)
* 乳膠 / 乳胶 (rǔjiāo)
* 乳臭 (rǔxiù)
* 乳臭未乾 / 乳臭未干 (rǔxiùwèigān)
* 乳製品 / 乳制品 (rǔzhìpǐn)
* 乳豬 / 乳猪 (rǔzhū)
* 乳輪 / 乳轮
* 乳酪 (rǔlào)
* 乳酸 (rǔsuān)
* 乳頭 / 乳头 (rǔtóu)
* 乳首
* 乳香 (rǔxiāng)
* 乳齒 / 乳齿 (rǔchǐ)
* 催乳 (cuīrǔ)
* 南乳 (nánrǔ)
* 哺乳 (bǔrǔ)
* 哺母乳
* 孳乳 (zīrǔ)
* 寄乳 (jìrǔ)
* 授乳 (shòurǔ)
* 母乳 (mǔrǔ)
* 沐浴乳 (mùyùrǔ)
* 洗髮乳 / 洗发乳 (xǐfàrǔ)
* 潤膚乳 / 润肤乳 (rùnfūrǔ)
* 潔面乳 / 洁面乳
* 煉乳 / 炼乳 (liànrǔ)
* 石鐘乳 / 石钟乳
* 羊乳 (yángrǔ)
* 腐乳 (fǔrǔ)
* 膠乳 / 胶乳 (jiāorǔ)
* 護髮乳 / 护发乳
* 酪乳 (làorǔ)
* 酸乳
* 隆乳 (lóngrǔ)
* 雙乳 / 双乳
* 離乳 / 离乳
* 餵母乳 / 喂母乳
* 馬乳 / 马乳
* 鮮乳 / 鲜乳 (xiānrǔ)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 乳 |
| Kyūjitai | 乳󠄁 乳+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 乳󠄃 乳+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: にゅう (nyū, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: じゅ (ju)
* Kun: ち (chi, 乳, Jōyō)、ちち (chichi, 乳, Jōyō)
* Nanori: ち (chi)

#### Compounds

* 牛(ぎゅう)乳(にゅう) (gyūnyū): cow's milk
* 巨(きょ)乳(にゅう) (kyonyū)
* 卒(そつ)乳(にゅう) (sotsunyū): weaning
* 乳(ちち)押(お)さえ (chichiosae): bra
* 超(ちょう)乳(にゅう) (chōnyū)
* 乳(にゅう)癌(がん) (nyūgan): breast cancer
* 乳(にゅう)香(こう) (nyūkō): frankincense
* 乳(にゅう)酸(さん) (nyūsan): lactic acid
* 乳(にゅう)汁(じゅう) (nyūjū): milk
* 爆(ばく)乳(にゅう) (bakunyū)
* 馬(ば)乳(にゅう) (banyū): mare's milk
* 貧(ひん)乳(にゅう) (hinnyū)
* 魔(ま)乳(にゅう) (manyū)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 乳
* ちち Grade: 6
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちち [chìchíꜜ] (Odaka –)
* (Tokyo) ちち [chíꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [t͡ɕi̥t͡ɕi]

#### Noun

乳(ちち) • (chichi)
* (dated) milk
* breast (of a woman, of a female mammal)

##### Synonyms

* お乳(ちち) (ochichi, “milk”)
* おっぱい (oppai, “milk, breast”)
* 乳(ち)房(ぶさ) (chibusa, “breast”)
* 胸(むね) (mune, “breast”)

##### Derived terms

* 上(うえ)乳(ちち) (uechichi): the upper part of a woman's breast
* お乳(ちち) (ochichi): milk
* 下(した)乳(ちち) (shitachichi): the underside of a woman's breast
* 乳(ちち)搾(しぼ)り (chichishibori)
* 乳茸(チチタケ) (chichitake): milk-cap mushroom

##### Descendants

* → Korean: 찌찌 (jjijji)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 乳
* ち Grade: 6
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ち [chíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [t͡ɕi]

#### Noun

乳(ち) • (chi)
* (archaic) milk
* (archaic) breast

##### Derived terms

* 乳(ち)兄(きょう)弟(だい) (chikyōdai)
* 乳(ち)飲(の)み子(ご) (chinomigo)
* 乳(ち)房(ぶさ) (chibusa)

### References

* ↑ “乳”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 乳 (MC nyuX).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅀᅲᆼ〯 (Yale: zyǔ) | ᅀᅲᆼ〯 (Yale: zyǔ) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 졋〮 (Yale: cyés) | ᅀᅲ〯 (Yale: zyǔ) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ju]
* Phonetic hangul: [유]

### Hanja

Wikisource 乳 (eumhun 젖 유 (jeot yu))
* hanja form of 유 (“breast”)
* hanja form of 유 (“milk”)

#### Compounds

* 거유 (巨乳, geoyu)
* 두유 (豆乳, duyu)
* 모유 (母乳, moyu)
* 분유 (粉乳, bunyu)
* 빈유 (貧乳, binyu)
* 수유 (授乳, suyu)
* 연유 (煉乳, yeonyu)
* 우유 (牛乳, uyu)
* 유당 (乳糖, yudang)
* 유두 (乳頭, yudu)
* 유모 (乳母, yumo)
* 유모차 (乳母車, yumocha)
* 유방 (乳房, yubang)
* 유아 (乳兒, yua)
* 유제품 (乳製品, yujepum)
* 이유식 (離乳食, iyusik)
* 초유 (初乳, choyu)
* 포유류 (哺乳類, poyuryu)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

乳: Hán Việt readings: nhũ
乳: Nôm readings: vú, nhỏ, nhủ, nhũ, nhả, nhỗ, nhú
* chữ Hán form of nhũ (“breast”).
* chữ Nôm form of vú (“breast”).

#### Compounds

* 乳名 (nhũ danh)
* 乳母 (nhũ mẫu)
* 乳花 (nhũ hoa)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 4 5 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 3 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
* ↑ Hồ (1976).