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牝 = 牛 + 匕
牝 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “female animal”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 匕 (spoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2608.
- Keyword
- female animal
- RTK frame
- 2608
- Strokes
- 6
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヒン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- めす, め-, めん
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- female, женское животное
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 牝 female of species
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 牝 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cow” + “spoon”. 牝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 牝 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.