Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
cow
Kun:
うし
On:
ギュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1202 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 妓夫 【ギュウ】 pimp, brothel tout
  • 牛 【ウシ】 cattle (Bos taurus), cow, bull, ox, calf, beef, Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 肉牛 【ニクギュウ】 beef cattle
  • 海牛 【カイギュウ】 sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs), sea cow

Kun reading compounds

  • 牛 【うし】 cattle (Bos taurus), cow, bull, ox, calf, beef, Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 牛車 【ぎゅうしゃ】 ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles), oxcart
  • 去勢牛 【きょせいうし】 ox, bullock
  • 特牛 【こというし】 strong bull

Readings

Japanese names:
うじ、 ご
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
niu2
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • vaca
  • ganado

Portuguese

  • Vaca

French

  • vache
62 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
108 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
97 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
909 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2852 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
534 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
213 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
111 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
281 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
281 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
483 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1289 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4263 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2151 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2903 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
251 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19922 Morohashi
3452 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3532 New Nelson (John Haig)
245 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
260 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
88 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2455 2001 Kanji
4g0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
2500.0 Four corner code
1-21-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
725b Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
bay, creek, inlet, gulf, beach, seacoast
Kun:
うら
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
977 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 海浦 【カイホ】 seaside
  • 曲浦 【キョクホ】 winding coast (beach)

Kun reading compounds

  • 浦 【うら】 inlet, seashore, beach
  • 浦内笛鯛 【うらうちふえだい】 Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)
  • 津々浦々 【つつうらうら】 all over the country, throughout the land, every nook and cranny of the land, far and wide, (in) every port and harbor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu3
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • bahía
  • ensenada
  • golfo

Portuguese

  • baía
  • riacho
  • pequena baía
  • golfo
  • praia
  • costa

French

  • baie
  • crique
  • anse
  • golfe
  • rivage
  • côte
  • plage
1785 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
856 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2571 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1015 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1474 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1067 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1442 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1534 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1846 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1198 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
524 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
395 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1854 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17475 Morohashi
437 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3156 New Nelson (John Haig)
1837 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1980 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1360 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
353 2001 Kanji
3a7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3312.7 Four corner code
1-17-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d66 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond
Kun:
ぬま
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1467 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 沼地 【ヌマチ】 marshland, wetland, swampland
  • 沼沢 【ショウタク】 marsh, swamp, bog
  • 湖沼 【コショウ】 lake, marsh, wetland, inland waters
  • 池沼 【チショウ】 ponds and swamps, retard, mentally disabled person

Kun reading compounds

  • 沼 【ぬま】 marsh, swamp, wetland, bog, pond, obsession, addiction, being hooked on, getting sucked into, ugly man
  • 沼田 【ぬまた】 deep-mud paddy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • pantano
  • lago
  • estanque

Portuguese

  • pântano
  • lago
  • charco
  • brejo
  • lagoa

French

  • marais
  • lac
  • marécage
  • mare
  • étang
1395 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1150 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2521 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1175 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1463 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
595 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
996 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1033 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1842 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1173 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
398 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
254 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
302 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
139 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17257 Morohashi
339 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3091 New Nelson (John Haig)
137 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
145 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1201 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
377 2001 Kanji
3a5.24 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3716.2 Four corner code
1-30-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cbc Unicode hex code