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卵 : Egg

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Components:
卯

egg, ovum, spawn, roe

On 'yomi:
ラン(ran)
Kun 'yomi:
たまご(tamago)
Strokes:7
Radical:卩 (26)
Usage Rating:1342
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:6
Unicode:05375
jis208:45-81
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卵 Usage examples

地の卵(じのたまご)local eggs, farm-fresh eggs
文士の卵(ぶんしのたまご)hatching writer
割れた卵(われたたまご)broken egg
産卵場所(さんらんばしょ)spawning grounds, egg-laying site
虫卵(ちゅうらん)parasite egg, parasite eggs
モザイク卵(モザイクらん)mosaic egg
多嚢胞性卵巣症候群(たのうほうせいらんそうしょうこうぐん)polycystic-ovary syndrome
温泉卵(おんせんたまご)egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
未受精卵(みじゅせいらん)
未授精卵(みじゅせいらん)
unfertilized egg
溶き卵(ときたまご)
とき卵(ときたまご)
beaten egg, eggwash
排卵日(はいらんび)ovulation day
卵料理(たまごりょうり)egg dishes, food prepared with eggs
産卵管(さんらんかん)ovipositor (tubular organ used for laying eggs)
採卵(さいらん)collecting eggs (i.e. from laying hens)
卵に目鼻(たまごにめはな)cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg)
卵円窓(らんえんそう)fenestra ovalis (of the ear)
卵形嚢(らんけいのう)utriculus, utricle