牛

牛 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cow”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 260. It appears as a component in 16 other characters in this index.

Keyword: cow
RTK frame: 260
Strokes: 4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ギュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): うし
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: корова
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 牛 cow

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 牛

特 special
告 revelation
先 before
牧 breed
制 system
犠 sacrifice
件 affair
物 thing
牲 animal sacrifice
解 unravel
犀 rhinoceros
牢 jail
牽 tug
牝 female animal
牡 male animal
牟 moo

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