牛 – cow

4 strokesTaught in grade 2#1202 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 牛 means cow. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギュウ (gyuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うし (ushi). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 牛 (no. 93).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギュウ	gyuu
Kun’yomi	うし	ushi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 牛 (Kangxi radical 93).

Words using 牛

牛肉ぎゅうにくbeef牛乳ぎゅうにゅう(cow's) milk牛うしcattle (Bos taurus)

Example sentences

私の好みはどちらかというと牛肉ですね。

I have a predilection for beef.

Tatoeba #163655

牛は我々に牛乳を与えてくれる。

The cow supplies us with milk.

Tatoeba #182323

父は牧場を持っていて牛や馬を飼育している。

My father has a ranch and breeds cattle and horses.

Tatoeba #84364

Kanji with the same radical

物特犠牲牧

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