Kanji1 / 16
獣 kanji
animal, beast
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ジュウ
Kun readings
けものけだもの
Variant forms
獸Words with 獣
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —美女と野獣Beauty and the Beast (fairy tale)
- —鳥獣保護区域wildlife protection area
- —三角縁神獣鏡ancient triangular-rimmed mirror decorated with gods and animals
- —人獣共通感染症zoonosis (disease transmissible from animals to humans or vice versa)
- —アフリカ獣上目Afrotheria (superorder of mammals of African origin)
- —国際獣疫事務局World Organisation for Animal Health; Office International des Epizooties; OIE
- —日本獣医畜産大学Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University
- —日本小動物獣医学会Japanese Society of Small Animal Veterinary Medicine
- —日本産業動物獣医学会Japanese Society of Farm Animal Veterinary Medicine
- —日本獣医公衆衛生学会Japanese Society of Veterinary Public Health
- —日本獣医生命科学大学Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
- —獣慾animal desires; carnal desires; lust
- —ばん獣draft animal
- —一角獣座Monoceros (constellation); the Unicorn