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鼠
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mouse

HSK 5
Nature →Animals →Mammals
shǔ
ソ、ショ
ねずみ、ねず
서
Pictograph of a rat.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鼠
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鼠 [shǔ]
rat; mouse; CL:隻|只[zhī]
Japanese
鼠 ねずみ 、 ネズミ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana mouse; rat
  2. abbrev. dark gray; slate gray
鼠 ねず 同音

noun

  1. abbrev. mouse; rat
  2. abbrev. dark gray; slate gray
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
猫がいなくなるとネズミたちが遊びだす。
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
CHINESE WORDS (131)
老鼠 [lǎo​shǔ] #2,041
rat
鼠标 [shǔ​biāo] #28,638
mouse (computing)
鼠标 [shǔ​biāo] #28,638
mouse (computing)
松鼠 [sōng​shǔ] #6,681
squirrel
袋鼠 [dài​shǔ] #14,037
kangaroo
鼠疫 [shǔ​yì] #15,224
plague
鼹鼠 [yǎn​shǔ] #12,899
mole (zoology)
仓鼠 [cāng​shǔ] #17,856
hamster
仓鼠 [cāng​shǔ] #17,856
hamster
米老鼠 [Mǐ​Lǎo​shǔ] #22,302
Mickey Mouse
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JAPANESE WORDS (178)
ねずみ色 [ねずみいろ] #44,553
dark gray
鼬 [イタチ] #46,308
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)
栗鼠 [りす] #48,751
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)
濡れ鼠 [ぬれねずみ] #54,226
soaked to the skin
窮鼠 [きゅうそ] #56,913
cornered rat
袋のネズミ [ふくろのねずみ] #63,736
trapped with no way of escape
針鼠 [はりねずみ] #75,865
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
海鼠 [なまこ] #80,801
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
野ねずみ [のねずみ] #87,992
field mouse
窮鼠猫を噛む [きゅうそねこをかむ] #90,665
a cornered rat will bite a cat
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