雄 = 厷 + 隹

雄 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “male of species”. It is built from 厷 (the fore-arm) and 隹 (short-tailed bird).

Keyword: male of species
Pinyin (Mandarin): xióng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: самец вида
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 雄 male

Decomposition

ids

厷 the fore-arm
隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 雄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “the fore-arm” + “short-tailed bird”. 雄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 雄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.