The kanji 雌: meaning, readings and stroke order
雌
- Meaning
- female
- On reading
- シ shi
- Kun reading
- め me、めす mesu
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 隹 small bird
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- con cái, giống cái (thư)
- Japanese
- めす。
- Korean
- 암컷 (자)
- Chinese
- 雌性
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading · less common
雌雄
male and female
虫の 雌雄を 見分けます。
We tell male and female insects apart.
め me · kun reading · less common
雌花
female flower
かぼちゃの 雌花を 観察します。
We observe the female flowers of the pumpkin.
めす mesu · kun reading
雌
female (animal)
この ライオンは 雌です。
This lion is a female.
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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.