Noun
たまご
「卵がかえる前にひなを数えるな」という諺は、日本語では「とらぬ狸の皮算用をするな」です。
The proverb "Don’t count your chickens before they hatch" is "Don’t assume you can grab a tanuki" in Japanese.
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
The reading is the same as what you learned with the kanji.