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牡 = 牛 + 土
牡 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “male animal”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2609.
- Keyword
- male animal
- RTK frame
- 2609
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ボ, ボウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- おす, お-, おん-
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- самец животного
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 牡 male of animals
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 牡 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cow” + “soil”. 牡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 牡 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.