鼠 — kanji meaning “rat”
鼠
rat, mouse, dark gray
- Meanings
- rat, mouse, dark gray
- On'yomi
- ソ (so)、ショ (sho)
- Kun'yomi
- ねずみ、ねず
- Strokes
- 13
- Classical radical
- 208
- Chinese reading
- shǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 鼠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼠径 | そけい sokei | groin; inguinal region |
| 殺鼠剤 | さっそざい sassozai | rat poison; rodenticide |
| 窮鼠 | きゅうそ kyuuso | cornered rat |
| 栗鼠 | りす risu | squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae) |
| 天竺鼠 | てんじくねずみ tenjikunezumi | guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus) |
| 海鼠 | なまこ namako | sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.) |
| 銀鼠 | ぎんねず ginnezu | silver gray; silver grey |
| 溝鼠 | どぶねずみ dobunezumi | brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; street rat |
| 針鼠 | はりねずみ harinezumi | hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae) |
| 鼯鼠 | むささび musasabi | Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) |
| 鼯鼠 | ももんが momonga | Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga); small Japanese flying squirrel; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel |
| 黒鼠 | くろねずみ kuronezumi | black mouse; rat with black fur |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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