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雄 — 12 strokes / Radical「隹」

道
4Junior high level / 12 strokes / Radical「隹」
On
ユウゆう · yū
Kun
お-・おす・おんo · osu · on
Meaning
male; heroic

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

厷 with 隹 "bird": a male bird — male, and by extension heroic.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onユウゆうyū雄大ゆうだい英雄えいゆう雌雄しゆう
Kunおo雄しべおしべ雄牛おうし雄々しいおおしい
Kunおすosu雄ゆう雄犬おすいぬ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 英雄えいゆう

    hero

  • 雄大ゆうだい

    grand; magnificent

More words with this kanji

  • 雌雄しゆう
  • 雄蕊おしべ
  • 戦国七雄せんごくしちゆう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)の雄大(ゆうだい)な景色(けしき)に感動(かんどう)した。

I was moved by the grand mountain scenery.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

雄大英雄雄大big英Englan…雅elegan…雌female離separa…隻counte…隼falcon又furthe…友friend尤reason…由reason右right
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)