Moto 獣: Animal; BeastKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジュウ
- Kun'yomi
- けもの、けだもの
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 102 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジュウ)
- 獣医じゅういveterinarian; veterinary surgeon
- 怪獣かいじゅうmonster
- 鳥獣ちょうじゅうbirds and wild animals; wildlife
- 猛獣もうじゅうfierce animal; beast of prey
- 野獣やじゅうwild beast; wild animal
- アフリカ獣上目アフリカじゅうじょうもくAfrotheria; superorder of mammals of African origin
- 一角獣いっかくじゅうunicorn
- 一角獣座いっかくじゅうざMonoceros (constellation); the Unicorn
- 三角縁神獣鏡さんかくぶちしんじゅうきょうtriangular rimmed ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals
- 人獣じんじゅうhumans and animals; humans and beasts
- 人獣共通感染症じんじゅうきょうつうかんせんしょうzoonosis (disease transmissible from animals to humans or vice versa)
- 人面獣心じんめんじゅうしんbeast in human form
- 全獣類ぜんじゅうるいholotherians; members of a problematic clade containing Kuehneotherium and all living therians
- 半人半獣はんじんはんじゅうhalf-human, half-beast; therianthropic
- 半獣はんじゅうhalf-human and half-beast
- 半獣神はんじゅうしんgoat-god; satyr
- 原獣亜綱げんじゅうあこうPrototheria
- 原獣類げんじゅうるいprototherians
- 四獣しじゅうfour beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)
- 四神獣しじんじゅうfour divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points
- 四足獣しそくじゅうquadruped; four-footed animal
- 大怪獣だいかいじゅうlarge monster (Japanese film genre)
- 大猟獣だいりょうじゅうbig game
- 奇獣きじゅうunusual beast; strange beast
- 奥山放獣おくやまほうじゅうrelocation of wild animals to a remote location
- 害獣がいじゅうharmful animal
- 小獣しょうじゅうsmall animal (mammal)
- 巨獣きょじゅうlarge animal
- 幻獣げんじゅうcryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
- 幼獣ようじゅうyoung animal (esp. mammal)
- 後獣下綱こうじゅうかこうMetatheria (mammalian infraclass)
- 後獣類こうじゅうるいmetatherians
- 性獣せいじゅうsex maniac; sex fiend
- 怪獣像かいじゅうぞうgargoyle
- 怪獣映画かいじゅうえいがmonster film
- 成獣せいじゅうadult animal
- 正獣下綱せいじゅうかこうEutheria (mammalian infraclass)
- 海獣かいじゅうmarine mammal
- 狩猟鳥獣しゅりょうちょうじゅうanimals that can legally be hunted; game animals
- 猛獣使いもうじゅうづかいwild-animal tamer
- 猛獣狩りもうじゅうがりbig-game hunting
- 猟獣りょうじゅうgame animal
- 獣亜綱じゅうあこうTheria (mammalian subclass)
- 獣人じゅうじん(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope
- 獣医学じゅういがくveterinary medicine
- 獣医師じゅういしveterinarian; veterinary surgeon
- 獣姦じゅうかんbestiality; sodomy
- 獣帯じゅうたいzodiac
- 獣弓目じゅうきゅうもくTherapsida (order of advanced synapsids)
- 獣弓類じゅうきゅうるいtherapsids
- 獣形類じゅうけいるいTheromorpha
- 獣心じゅうしんbrutal heart
- 獣性じゅうせいbrutality; animal nature
- 獣慾じゅうよくanimal or carnal desires; lust
- 獣欲じゅうよくanimal or carnal desires; lust
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 獣けものbeast; brute
- 獣の数字けもののすうじNumber of the Beast (i.e. 666)
- 獣偏けものへんkanji "dog" or "animal" radical at left
Other readings
- 亀甲獣骨文字きっこうじゅうこつもじoracle bone script
- 北方真獣類ほっぽうしんじゅうるいBoreoeutheria (clade of placental mammals); Boreotheria
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