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Japanese symbol for “milking”

Romaji: sakunyuu
milking (a cow, goat, etc.)

In Japanese, milking is , read (sakunyuu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vi, vs milking (a cow, goat, etc.)
  2. n, vi, vs breast pumping; milk expression

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

squeeze
on: サク
kun: しぼ.る
13 strokes · JLPT 1
milk, breasts
on: ニュウ
kun: ちち、ち
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “milking”

WordReadingMeaning
さくしゅ sakushumilking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
ちちしぼり chichishiborimilking

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さくしゅ sakushuexploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry
しぼりとる shiboritoruto exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone)
あっさく assakupressure; compression; pressing
さくゆ sakuyuoil expression (extraction)
あっさくき assakukicompressor; press
ぎゅうにゅう gyuunyuu(cow's) milk
ちくび chikubinipple; teat
にゅうじ nyuujiinfant (below 1 year old); suckling baby

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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