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雌 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「隹」

道
4Junior high level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「隹」
On
シし · shi
Kun
め-・めす・めんme · mesu · men
Meaning
female

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

此 with 隹 "bird": a female bird — female.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi雌雄しゆう雌伏しふく
Kunめme雌花めばな雌牛めうし雌しべめしべ
Kunめすmesu雌めす雌犬めすいぬ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 雌花めばな

    female flower

  • 雌雄しゆう

    male and female

More words with this kanji

  • 雌蕊めしべ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

雌(めす)の犬(いぬ)を飼(か)っている。

We keep a female dog.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

雌花雌雄雌花flower雄male雅elegan…離separa…隻counte…隼falcon雀sparro…芝turf旨purpor…伺inquir…刺pierce是right
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 隹Map of reading シAll maps

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

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