雄 – masculine, male, hero

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The kanji 雄 means masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ユウ (yuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お-、おす、おん (o, osu, on). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 隹 (no. 172).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ユウ	yuu
Kun’yomi	お-	o
Kun’yomi	おす	osu
Kun’yomi	おん	on

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: 隹 (Kangxi radical 172). Components: ノ・一・厶・隹.

Words using 雄

雄おすmale (animal, plant)英雄えいゆうhero

Example sentences

雄のくじゃくは尾の羽毛が色彩豊かである。

The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.

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英雄も従者にはただの人。

No man is a hero to his valet.

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Kanji with the same radical

集難離雑雇雌雛

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