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:
tree
Parts:
stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants
Kun:
かぶ
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
432 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 株 【シュ】 stump, counter for trees
  • 雌雄異株 【シユウイシュ】 dioecy, dioecism
  • 懸念される変異株 【ケネンサレルヘンイシュ】 variant of concern (of SARS-CoV-2), VOC

Kun reading compounds

  • 株 【かぶ】 stock, share, stump, (clump of) roots, plant with attached roots or stem, strain (of bacteria, etc.), stock company, corporation, kabushiki kaisha, KK, goodwill (of a business), privilege (that comes with a role), reputation, standing, popularity, one's forte
  • 株 【かぶた】 stump, useless item
  • 新株 【しんかぶ】 new stock, new share, newly issued shares
  • 仕手株 【してかぶ】 speculative stock

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • tocón
  • raíz
  • acciones de bolsa

Portuguese

  • Tora
  • tronco
  • sufixo para contagem de para pequenas plantas

French

  • action boursière
  • titre
  • souche (arbre)
  • compteur de petites plantes
749 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
839 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
824 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
242 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2257 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
731 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1429 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1098 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
741 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
754 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
973 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1090 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1172 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
635 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
846 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
227 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14723 Morohashi
935 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2665 New Nelson (John Haig)
222 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
236 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
896 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4599.0 Four corner code
1-19-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
682a Unicode hex code