Japanese symbol for “wattle”
肉垂れ
にくだれ
Romaji: nikudare
wattle (of a bird's neck)
In Japanese, wattle is 肉垂れ, read にくだれ (nikudare).
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Meanings
- n wattle (of a bird's neck)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “wattle”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肉髯 | にくぜん nikuzen | wattle (of a bird's neck) |
| 肉垂 | にくすい nikusui | wattle (of a bird's neck) |
| 肉阜 | にくふ nikufu | caruncle (of a bird); cockscomb; wattle |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 筋肉 | きんにく kinniku | muscle |
| 肉体 | にくたい nikutai | the body; the flesh; the outer man |
| 皮肉 | ひにく hiniku | irony; sarcasm; cynicism |
| 牛肉 | ぎゅうにく gyuuniku | beef |
| 焼肉 | やきにく yakiniku | yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue |
| 豚肉 | ぶたにく butaniku | pork |
| 垂直 | すいちょく suichoku | vertical |
| 垂れ | たれ tare | sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce) |
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.