Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
feminine, female
Kun:
め-めすめん
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1951 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2, ci1
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • hembra
  • femenino

Portuguese

  • feminino
  • fêmea

French

  • femelle
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)
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

9 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 狐疑 【コギ】 doubt, suspicion, hesitation, indecision
  • 狐疑逡巡 【コギシュンジュン】 being in doubt and unable to decide, hesitation and indecision
  • 霊狐 【レイコ】 fox with supernatural powers
  • 空狐 【クウコ】 fox with supernatural powers

Kun reading compounds

  • 狐 【きつね】 fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes), fox (i.e. a sly person), soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu, light brown, golden brown
  • 狐薊 【きつねあざみ】 Hemisteptia lyrata
  • 北狐 【きたきつね】 Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
  • 雌の狐 【めすのきつね】 bitch fox, vixen

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • zorro

Portuguese

French

2878 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
789 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
472 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
20333X Morohashi
3568 New Nelson (John Haig)
2342 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2431 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3g6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4223.0 Four corner code
1-24-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72d0 Unicode hex code