丑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign of Chinese zodiac

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チュウ
Kun (native)
  • うし
Nanori (used in names)
  • ひろ
Other languages
  • 拼音chou3
  • 한글chug
  • 한글chu
  • Hán-ViệtSửu

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
一(いち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4E11

Components

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Words using this kanji

  • うしうし。十二支の2番目。the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am), north-northeast
  • 丑年うしどしyear of the Ox
  • 丑寅うしとらnortheast
  • 丑の刻うしのこくhour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am)
  • 丑の日うしのひday of the Ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter)
  • 丑の年うしのとしyear of the Ox
  • 丑三つうしみつdead of the night, midnight, third quarter of the ox's hour (around 2-2:30am or 3-3:30am)
  • 丑三つ時うしみつどきdead of night, middle of the night, midnight, third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
  • 丑の時参りうしのときまいりcursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
  • 丑の刻参りうしのこくまいりcursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-4-1
Four Corner
1710.5
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.39
Heisig
2197
Nelson
13