Kanji1 / 11
巣 kanji
nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ソウ
Kun readings
すすくう
Variant forms
巢Words with 巣
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —卵巣Popularovary
- —営巣building a nest
- —燕巣swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest
- —精巣testicle
- —鼠巣rat's nest
- —巣窟den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
- —病巣focus; nidus; lesion
- —帰巣homing (instinct)
- —就巣brooding; sitting on eggs; nesting
- —帰巣性homing instinct; homing ability
- —卵巣炎ovaritis
- —営巣地nesting place; nesting site; nesting grounds
- —原発巣primary lesion
- —転移巣metastatic lesion
- —精巣炎orchitis; inflammation of the testes
- —蜂巣炎cellulitis
- —蜂巣胃reticulum
- —炎症病巣inflamed part; site of inflammation
- —帰巣本能homing instinct
- —精巣上体epididymis