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

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
waterfall, rapids, cascade
Kun:
たき
On:
ロウソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1478 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 滝 【たき】 waterfall, rapids
  • 滝川 【たきがわ】 rapids
  • 白滝 【しらたき】 shirataki noodles, white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki, waterfall resembling a white sheet
  • 枯滝 【かれたき】 dried up waterfall, dry waterfall, simulated waterfall in a dry garden

Readings

Japanese names:
らき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
long2, shuang1
Korean:
rong

Spanish

  • cascada
  • catarata
  • rápidos

Portuguese

  • cachoeira
  • corredeira
  • cascata

French

  • cascade
  • rapides
  • chute d'eau
1550 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1285 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2655 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1664 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1491 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1862 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1759 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1887 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1841 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1235 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
813 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
476 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
607 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
543 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18067 Morohashi
661 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3273 New Nelson (John Haig)
537 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
576 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1644 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
356 2001 Kanji
3a10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3011.6 Four corner code
1-34-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6edd Unicode hex code