- 鶏卵 — hen’s egg
- 魚卵 — fish egg / roe
- 卵黄 — egg yolk
- 卵白 — egg white
- 卵生 — oviparity
卵 is traditionally explained as pictographic, linked to images of eggs (often fish eggs in early forms). It now broadly covers eggs in biology and food contexts.
卵を 三個 買いました。
I bought three eggs.
この卵黄は とても濃い 黄身で、味も 濃厚です。
This yolk is very rich in color, and the taste is rich, too.