卵

Meanings

1. eggs; egg; spawn; roe
2. (hen's) egg
3. a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ...
4. beginning; origin; infancy

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 卵

  Meanings

  egg, ovum, spawn, roe

  On reading

  ラン

  Kun reading

  たまご

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• 卵を一ダースづつつめなさい。

  Pack eggs in dozens.

  Tatoeba #78480 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 卵は硬くゆでてください。

  Boil the eggs hard.

  Tatoeba #78488 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 彼は医者の卵だ。

  He's a future doctor.

  Tatoeba #110043 · CC BY 2.0 FR