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牛

See also: 午 and 𓃾
牛 U+725B, 牛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-725B
← 牚
[U+725A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 牜 →
[U+725C]
⽜ U+2F5C, ⽜
KANGXI RADICAL COW
← ⽛
[U+2F5B] 		Kangxi Radicals ⽝ →
[U+2F5D]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Alternative forms edit

  • 牜 (U+725C) - used as a left radical component (not a standalone character)
  • 𠂒 (U+20092) - sometimes used as a top component

Han character edit

See images of
Radical 93 牛

牛 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹手 (HQ), four-corner 25000, composition ⿻𠂉十)

  1. Kangxi radical #93, ⽜.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №19

Derived characters edit

See also edit

References edit

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

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 牛
alternative forms 𠂒
 
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 牛 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • 牛 (Cantonese)
  • 牛 (Classical)
  • gû (Southern Min)
  • 牛 (Wu)

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 牛
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         

Pictogram (象形) .

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋwa.

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • ngù - colloquial;
  • ngiù - literary.
Note:
  • gû - colloquial;
  • giû/ngiû - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 牛
Mandarin Beijing /niou³⁵/
Harbin /niou²⁴/
Tianjin /niou⁴⁵/
Jinan /ȵiou⁴²/
Qingdao /niou⁴²/
Zhengzhou /niou⁴²/
/ou⁴²/
Xi'an /niou²⁴/
Xining /ȵiɯ²⁴/
Yinchuan /niəu⁵³/
Lanzhou /ȵiou⁵³/
Ürümqi /ȵiɤu⁵¹/
Wuhan /niəu²¹³/
Chengdu /ȵiəu³¹/
Guiyang /niəu²¹/
Kunming /niəu³¹/
Nanjing /liəɯ²⁴/
Hefei /liɯ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /niəu¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵiəu¹³/
Hohhot /niəu³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiɤ²³/
Suzhou /ȵiɤ¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵiø²¹³/
Wenzhou /ŋau³¹/
Hui Shexian /niu⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ȵiu⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ȵiəu¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵiəɯ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ȵiu⁴⁵/
/ŋiɛu⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ŋiu¹¹/
Taoyuan /ŋiu¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɐu²¹/
Nanning /ŋɐu²¹/
Hong Kong /ŋɐu²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /giu³⁵/
/gu³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋu⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /niu³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /gu⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ku³¹/
Rime
Character 牛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 語求切
Baxter ngjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋuw/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiu/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngau4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 牛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		niú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ŋ]ʷə/ (< uvular?)
English ox

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 牛
Reading # 1/1
No. 9564
Phonetic
component 		牛
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		牛
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷɯ/

Definitions edit

牛

  1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭／头 m c mb md; 條／条 m g h x; 隻／只 m c g mn w x)
  2. beef
    乾炒牛河／干炒牛河  ―  gānchǎo niúhé  ―  beef chow fun
    蛋牛治 [Cantonese]  ―  daan6-2 ngau4-2 zi6 [Jyutping]  ―  beef and egg sandwich
  3. stubborn; pigheaded
  4. (colloquial) arrogant
  5. (Mainland China, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
    牛屄  ―  niúbī  ―  [vulgar] awesome
    牛人  ―  niúrén  ―  an awesome person
  6. (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Ox (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  7. (physics) Short for 牛頓／牛顿 (niúdùn, “newton”).
  8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛 (“transformer”). (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
  9. a surname
    牛僧孺  ―  Niú Sēngrú  ―  Niu Sengru (Tang politician)

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 牛 (“bovine”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 牛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 牛
Taxonomic name 牛
Mandarin Beijing 牛
Taiwan 牛
Tianjin 牛
Chengde 牛
Tangshan 牛
Cangzhou 牛
Baoding 牛
Shijiazhuang 牛
Chifeng 牛
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 牛
Heihe 牛
Qiqihar 牛
Harbin 牛
Jiamusi 牛
Baicheng 牛
Changchun 牛
Tonghua 牛
Shenyang 牛
Dandong 牛
Jinzhou 牛
Dalian 牛
Yantai 牛
Yantai (Muping) 牛
Qingdao 牛
Lijin 牛
Zhucheng 牛
Jinan 牛
Jining 牛
Luoyang 牛
Wanrong 牛
Shangqiu 牛
Yuanyang 牛
Zhengzhou 牛
Lingbao 牛
Xinyang 牛
Baihe 牛
Hanzhong 牛
Xi'an 牛
Baoji 牛
Yinchuan 牛
Tianshui 牛
Lanzhou 牛
Dunhuang 牛
Xining 牛
Hami 牛
Ürümqi 牛
Wuhan 牛
Yichang 牛
Xiangyang 牛
Tianmen 牛
Hong'an 牛
Chengdu 牛
Nanchong 牛
Dazhou 牛
Hanyuan 牛
Xichang 牛
Zigong 牛
Chongqing 牛
Guiyang 牛
Zunyi 牛
Bijie 牛
Liping 牛
Zhaotong 牛
Dali 牛
Kunming 牛
Mengzi 牛
Guilin 牛
Liuzhou 牛, 拖磨子
Jishou 牛
Changde 牛
Anqing 牛
Xuzhou 牛
Fuyang 牛
Wuhu 牛
Yangzhou 牛
Lianyungang 牛
Lianshui 牛
Nanjing 牛
Hefei 牛
Nantong 牛
Malaysia 牛
Singapore 牛
Cantonese Guangzhou 牛
Hong Kong 牛
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 牛
Macau 牛
Guangzhou (Panyu) 牛
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 牛
Guangzhou (Conghua) 牛
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 牛
Foshan 牛
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 牛
Foshan (Shunde) 牛
Foshan (Sanshui) 牛
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 牛
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 牛
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 牛
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 牛
Zhuhai (Doumen) 牛
Jiangmen (Baisha) 牛
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 牛
Taishan 牛
Kaiping (Chikan) 牛
Enping (Niujiang) 牛
Heshan (Yayao) 牛
Dongguan 牛
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 牛
Yangjiang 牛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 牛
Singapore (Guangfu) 牛
Gan Nanchang 牛
Lichuan 牛
Pingxiang 牛
Hakka Meixian 牛
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 牛
Dongguan (Qingxi) 牛
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 牛
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 牛
Conghua (Lütian) 牛
Yudu 牛
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 牛仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 牛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 牛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 牛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 牛
Huizhou Shexian 牛
Jin Taiyuan 牛, 牛兒
Yangyuan 牛
Datong 牛
Xinzhou 牛
Lishi 牛
Linfen 牛
Changzhi 牛
Linhe 牛
Jining 牛
Hohhot 牛
Erenhot 牛
Pingshan 牛
Zhangjiakou 牛
Handan 牛
Linzhou 牛
Suide 牛
Northern Min Jian'ou 牛
Eastern Min Fuzhou 牛
Southern Min Xiamen 牛
Quanzhou 牛
Zhangzhou 牛
Zhao'an 牛
Taipei 牛
New Taipei (Sanxia) 牛
Kaohsiung 牛仔
Yilan 牛仔
Changhua (Lukang) 牛
Taichung 牛
Tainan 牛
Hsinchu 牛
Kinmen 牛
Penghu (Magong) 牛
Penang (Hokkien) 牛
Singapore (Hokkien) 牛
Manila (Hokkien) 牛
Chaozhou 牛
Shantou 牛
Shantou (Chenghai) 牛
Singapore (Teochew) 牛
Leizhou 牛
Wenchang 牛
Haikou 牛, 牛媽
Singapore (Hainanese) 牛
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 牛
Shehua Fu'an 牛
Fuding 牛
Luoyuan 牛
Sanming 牛
Shunchang 牛
Hua'an 牛
Guixi (Zhangping) 牛
Cangnan 牛
Jingning 牛
Lishui 牛
Longyou 牛
Chaozhou 牛
Fengshun 牛
Wu Shanghai 牛
Suzhou 牛
Danyang 牛
Wenzhou 牛
Jinhua 牛
Xiang Changsha 牛, 寶耕
Shuangfeng 牛
  • (beef): 牛肉 (niúròu)
  • (awesome):
Dialectal synonyms of 厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Mandarin Beijing 牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar
Taiwan 厲害, 棒
Malaysia 厲害, 夠力
Singapore 厲害
Cantonese Guangzhou 犀利, 勁
Hong Kong 犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽
Penang (Guangfu) 犀利
Singapore (Guangfu) 犀利, 勁
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 厲害, 慶
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 厲害, 慶, 壁
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 厲害, 慶
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 厲害, 慶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 厲害, 慶
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 厲害, 慶
Hong Kong 叻
Kuching (Hepo) 慶
Southern Min Xiamen 厲害
Shishi 厲害
Zhao'an 厲害
Tainan 厲害
Penang (Hokkien) 厲害
Singapore (Hokkien) 厲害, 勥, 𠢕
Manila (Hokkien) 厲害, 勥, 𠢕
Haifeng 厲害
Singapore (Teochew) 厲害
Wu Shanghai 結棍
Suzhou 結棍
Wuxi 結棍
Hangzhou 結棍
Ningbo 結棍
Xiang Changsha 䏧腮
  • (transformer):
Dialectal synonyms of 變壓器 (“transformer”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 變壓器
Mandarin Taiwan 變壓器
Cantonese Guangzhou 火牛
Hong Kong 火牛
Taishan 火牛
Dongguan 火牛
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 火牛
Southern Min Xiamen 變壓器
Shantou (Chaoyang) 火牛
Jieyang 火牛
Wu Shanghai 方棚

Descendants edit

  • Wutunhua: nek

Compounds edit

See also edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

牛

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

 
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
  1. cow, ox, cattle

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
牛
うし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *Osi.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

牛(うし) or 牛(ウシ) • (ushi) 

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle, a domestic bovine
    Synonyms: (dialectal, Tohoku) べこ, (dialectal, Akita, Sendai, Shimokita, Tsugaru) べご, (dialectal, Kagoshima) べぶ
    • 1999 November 18, “牛(ぎゅう)魔(ま)人(じん)”, in Vol.6, Konami:
      森(もり)に住(す)む牛(うし)の魔(ま)人(じん)。ツノを突(つ)き出(だ)し突(とっ)進(しん)して攻(こう)撃(げき)。
      Mori ni sumu ushi no majin. Tsuno o tsukidashi tosshin shite kōgeki.
      A bovine jinn who resides in the woods. He’ll charge at you and stick you with his horns.
    • 1999 December 1, “ミノタウルス [Minotaurus]”, in BOOSTER 6, Konami:
      すごい力(ちから)を持(も)つウシの怪(かい)物(ぶつ)。オノひと振(ふ)りで何(なに)でもなぎ倒(たお)す。
      Sugoi chikara o motsu ushi no kaibutsu. Ono hitofuri de nani demo nagitaosu.
      A bovine monster with tremendous power who chops up anyone in his way with one axe swing.
  2. beef
Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウシ.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
牛
ぎゅう
Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 牛 (ngjuw, “cow”). Compare Hokkien 牛 (giû / ngiû).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

牛(ぎゅう) • (gyū) ←ぎう (giu)?

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle
  2. beef
  3. (astronomy) Ox

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

牛 (eumhun 소 우 (so u))

  1. Hanja form? of 우 (“cow”).

Compounds edit

Okinawan edit

Kanji edit

牛

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
牛
うし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Proto-Ryukyuan *Osi, from Proto-Japonic *Osi.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

牛(うし) (ushi) 

  1. cow, cattle

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “うし【牛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

牛: Hán Nôm readings: ngưu, ngọ, ngỏ, ngõ, ngâu

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Yonaguni edit

Kanji edit

牛 (hiragana うち, romaji uchi)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Ryukyuan *Osi, from Proto-Japonic *Osi.

Noun edit

牛 (hiragana うち, romaji uchi)

  1. cow, cattle

References edit

  • “うち【牛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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