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

9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
Variants:
gall bladder, courage, pluck, nerve
Kun:
きも
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1449 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 肝 【キモ】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
  • 胆石 【タンセキ】 gallstone
  • 魂胆 【コンタン】 ulterior motive, plot, scheme, complicated circumstances, intricacies
  • 豪胆 【ゴウタン】 bold, daring, dauntless, intrepid, stout-hearted

Kun reading compounds

  • 肝 【きも】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
  • 肝いり 【きもいり】 good offices, auspices, sponsorship, help, assistance, village official (during the Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan3
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • vesícula biliar
  • valor
  • espíritu
  • nervio

Portuguese

  • Bexiga irritadaa
  • coragem
  • orgãos internos
  • nervos

French

  • vésicule biliaire
  • courage
  • cran
1564 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1660 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1466 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1671 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
845 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1273 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1347 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1344 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1027 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1150 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29354 Morohashi
919 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4790 New Nelson (John Haig)
31 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
31 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1265 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3972 2001 Kanji
4b5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
7621.0 Four corner code
1-35-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80c6 Unicode hex code