Jisho

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丑

4 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ
Variants:
丒
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

年

6 strokes
Radical:
pestle 干
Parts:
一 ノ 干 乞
Variants:
秊
year, counter for years
Kun:
とし
On:
ネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
  • 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
  • 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
  • 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year

Kun reading compounds

  • 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
  • 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
  • いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
  • 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)

Readings

Japanese names:
ね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nian2
Korean:
nyeon

Spanish

  • año
  • edad

Portuguese

  • Ano

French

  • année
  • compteur d'années
126 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
20 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
64 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
3 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
188 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
64 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
51 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
342 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
45 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
574 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1045 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9168 Morohashi
2035 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1593 New Nelson (John Haig)
1036 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
13 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
51 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
0a6.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
4-6-3 SKIP code
8050.0 Four corner code
1-39-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e74 Unicode hex code