Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength
On:
モウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 猛 【モウ】 greatly energetic, ferocious, extreme, severe
  • 猛威 【モウイ】 fury, power, menace
  • 勇猛 【ユウモウ】 daring, brave, bold, valiant, intrepid, dauntless
  • 豪猛 【ゴウモウ】 strongly ferocious

Readings

Japanese names:
たけ、 たけし、 たける
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
meng3
Korean:
maeng

Spanish

  • fuerte
  • valiente
  • salvaje
  • violento

Portuguese

  • feroz
  • enfurecer
  • acelerar
  • tornar-se furioso
  • selvageria
  • vigor

French

  • féroce
  • fulminer
  • se ruer
  • devenir furieux
  • sauvagerie
  • force
1854 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1378 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2895 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1420 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1525 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1579 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1685 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1516 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1305 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
653 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1468 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20498 Morohashi
537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1456 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1566 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1462 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2974 2001 Kanji
3g7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
4721.7 Four corner code
1-44-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
731b Unicode hex code

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