Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
うし
On:
チュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丁丑 【ヒノトノウシ】 Fire Ox (14th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057)
  • 癸丑 【ミズノトウシ】 Water Ox (50th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033)

Kun reading compounds

  • 丑 【うし】 the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am), north-northeast, twelfth month of the lunar calendar
  • 丑寅 【うしとら】 northeast
  • 土用丑 【どよううし】 day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season), dog days of summer
  • 辛丑 【かのとうし】 Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chou3
Korean:
chug, chu

Spanish

  • signo de la vaca
  • segundo signo del zodíaco
  • vaca

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 2ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Boeuf (zodiaque)
  • 1 à 3 heures du matin
2056 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
13 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1965 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
99 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2001 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4241 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2140 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2061 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23 Morohashi
3433 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 New Nelson (John Haig)
2040 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2197 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a4.39 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1710.5 Four corner code
1-17-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e11 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
とら
On:
イン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1975 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丙寅 【ヒノエトラ】 Fire Tiger (3rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1926, 1986, 2046)
  • 甲寅 【キノエトラ】 Wood Tiger (51st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)

Kun reading compounds

  • 寅 【とら】 the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am), east-northeast, first month of the lunar calendar
  • 寅年 【とらどし】 year of the Tiger
  • 庚寅 【かのえとら】 Metal Tiger (27th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1950, 2010, 2070)
  • 甲寅 【きのえとら】 Wood Tiger (51st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin2
Korean:
in, i

Spanish

  • signo del tigre
  • tercer signo de zodíaco

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 3ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Tigre (zodiaque)
  • 3 à 5 heures du matin
1563 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1314 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1911 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1439 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2052 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2854 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1471 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1981 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2025 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7204 Morohashi
2289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1341 New Nelson (John Haig)
2006 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2162 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
3080.6 Four corner code
1-38-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bc5 Unicode hex code