Abbreviation of ネズミ, used in compounds or as a short form. Not a standalone word for the animal in modern Japanese.
See also: ねずみ
Abbreviation used in color names such as ねずみ色 and 銀鼠. Not used as a standalone color word.
鼠 is used as an abbreviation of ねずみ in compound words.
The 鼠 in 銀鼠 represents gray.
鼠 alone cannot be used to mean the color 'gray'; ねずみ色 is the complete word you actually say or write for that shade.
counter for small animals · counter for rolls of cloth · archaic counter for horses · roll of cloth
grayish pink; rose grey
silver gray; silver grey
dragonet; Richard's dragonet
Japanese arborvitae; Thuja standishii
Japanese cherry birch
dun (horse coat color)
rathole; mousehole
geometric progression; exponential growth · proliferation; multiplying like rats
salmon shark
Abbreviation of ネズミ (mouse/rat). The kanji 鼠 is the Chinese character for rodent, used here as a bound form.
Richardson's dragonet; Richard's dragonet