| 1323 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1959 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2435 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1586 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1886 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1388 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1477 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1639 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1854 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1337 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 724 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 971 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 570 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41998X | Morohashi |
| 1055 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6506 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 563 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 605 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1741 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1951 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雌雄 【シユウ】 male and female (animals), the two sexes, victory and defeat, strengths and weaknesses
- 雌花 【メバナ】 female flower, pistillate flower
Kun reading compounds
- 雌 【めす】 female (animal, plant)
- メス犬 【メスいぬ】 bitch, female dog
- 雌 【めす】 female (animal, plant)
- 雌鳥 【めんどり】 female bird, hen
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- hembra
- femenino
Portuguese
- feminino
- fêmea
French
- femelle
| 1275 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8c6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 1-5-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 2011.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96cc | Unicode hex code |
牛
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1202 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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 |