The kanji 牛: meaning, readings and stroke order

牛

Meaning: cow
On reading: ギュウ gyuu
Kun reading: うし ushi
Strokes: 4
Radical: 牛 cow
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con bò (ngưu)
Japanese: うし。
Korean: 소 (우)
Chinese: 牛

Readings, words and example sentences

ギュウ gyuu · on reading

牛ぎゅう肉にく
beef
牛ぎゅう肉にくをやいて食べます。
We grill beef and eat it.

うし ushi · kun reading

牛うし
cow
野原で 牛うしが草を食べています。
A cow is eating grass in the field.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.