See also

Translingual

Stroke order
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Alternative forms

  • (when used as a left Radical)

Han character

(radical 93 +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹手 (HQ), four-corner 25000)

  1. cow, ox, bull
  2. KangXi radical 93

Looks similar to: (noon)

Derived terms

References

  • KangXi: page 697, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19922
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1108, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1800, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+725B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

(Yale ngau4)


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Hakka

Hanzi

(POJ nyu5, Guangdong ngiu2; niu2, nieu2 [Meixian], ngiu2, ngeu2 [Kwangtung], Hagfa Pinyim ngiu2)

References


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Japanese

Noun

(hiragana うし, romaji ushi)

  1. cow, bull, cattle
  2. ox

Alternative forms

  • ウシ (alternative; mandatory in science contexts, in which 牛 is never used)

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds


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Korean

Hanja


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: u, McCune-Reischauer: u, Yale: wu)
  • Name (hangeul): ()

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

Hanzi

(pinyin niú (niu2), mào (mao4), (mu4), Wade-Giles mao4, mu4, niu2)

Usage notes

"牛" is a collective term for all kinds of cattle. Prefix is added to specify which one is referred to. E.g. 水牛(buffalo), 黃牛(bos taurus), 乳牛(dairy cattle), 公牛(bull), 母牛(cow)

Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin niú).

  1. cow
    母牛 (mǔniú)
  2. ox; bull
    公牛 (gōngniú)
  3.  cattle
    菜牛 (càiniú), 奶牛 (nǎiniú)
  4. niu, one of the 28 constellations
  5. abbreviation for Sir Isaac Newton
    牛頓, 牛顿 (niúdùn)

Adjective

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin niú)

  1. stubborn
  2. arrogant
  3. (slang) fucking awesome
    牛逼 (niúbī)

Compounds


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Min Dong

Pronunciation

  • (Fuzhou) IPA: ŋu53

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

Noun

(traditional and simplified, POJ )

  1. a cow or ox

Derived terms


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Vietnamese

Han character

(ngưu, ngọ, ngỏ, ngõ, ngâu)

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