Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence
Kun:
お-おすおん
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
669 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 雄 【ユウ】 male, man, excellence, greatness, best (of), great person, leading figure
  • 雄大 【ユウダイ】 grand, magnificent, majestic, great, sublime
  • 雌雄 【シユウ】 male and female (animals), the two sexes, victory and defeat, strengths and weaknesses
  • 両雄 【リョウユウ】 two great men

Kun reading compounds

  • 雄 【おす】 male (animal, plant)
  • 雄犬 【おすいぬ】 male dog
  • 雄 【おす】 male (animal, plant)
  • 雄鶏 【おんどり】 cock, rooster, chanticleer

Readings

Japanese names:
かつ、 たけ、 つよし、 ゆ、 よう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong2
Korean:
ung

Spanish

  • fuerte
  • bravo
  • valiente
  • masculino
  • varón

Portuguese

  • masculino
  • másculo
  • herói
  • líder
  • superioridade
  • excelência

French

  • mâle
  • masculin
  • héros
  • chef
  • supériorité
  • excellence
1869 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
500 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5030 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1387 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1884 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1912 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1387 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1476 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1637 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1852 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1271 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
688 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
751 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41972 Morohashi
1008 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6499 New Nelson (John Haig)
743 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
804 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1602 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1475 2001 Kanji
8c4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4001.4 Four corner code
1-45-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c4 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
Variants:
summit, peak
Kun:
みね
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1836 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 峰頭 【ホウトウ】 summit of a peak
  • 未踏峰 【ミトウホウ】 unclimbed mountain
  • 高峰 【コウホウ】 high mountain, lofty peak

Kun reading compounds

  • 峰 【みね】 peak, summit, ridge, top, back of a blade
  • 峰打ち 【みねうち】 striking with the back of the sword
  • 剣ヶ峰 【けんがみね】 rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
  • 峰々 【みねみね】 peaks
  • 剣ヶ峰 【けんがみね】 rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
  • 峰々 【みねみね】 peaks

Readings

Japanese names:
ぶ、 ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng1
Korean:
bong

Spanish

  • apogeo
  • cumbre
  • cima
  • pico
  • filo (espada)

Portuguese

  • reunião de cúpula
  • pico

French

  • sommet
  • pointe
  • pic
1799 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1369 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1423 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1272 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1241 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1351 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1350 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1433 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1848 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
544 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
494 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
306 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1576 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8094 Morohashi
411 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1562 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1683 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1327 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1255 2001 Kanji
3o7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
2250.4 Four corner code
2775.4 Four corner code
1-42-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cf0 Unicode hex code