Entry
  1. Noun

    bull; ox; steer

    see 雌牛

    やつらは雄牛を丸焼きにするくらいの火をおこしていた。
    They had lit a fire fit to roast an ox.

Also written 雄牛【おうし】

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Characters in this word

2
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male

Kun
おすお-おん-
On
ボウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2155 of 2500
Radical
cow

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
1-4-3SKIP code
4g3.1The Kanji Dictionary
2451.0Four corner code
2472deroo
7261Unicode hex code
1-18-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2855Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3536New Nelson (John Haig)
839New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2552Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2609Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
407Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
19933Morohashi
mu3Pinyin reading
moKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cow

Kun
うし
On
ギュウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1202 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

うじ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-4-3SKIP code
4g0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2500.0Four corner code
2455deroo
725bUnicode hex code
1-21-77JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2852Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3532New Nelson (John Haig)
3452New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4263Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2151Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2903Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
245Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
260Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
909A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
111Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
534Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19922Morohashi
97A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
281Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
281Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62sakade
213Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
108henshall3
88Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
483Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1289Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
251Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
niu2Pinyin reading
uKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level