丑
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
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Words using this kanji
- 丑うしうし。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.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
4-4-1- Four Corner
1710.5- Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.39- Heisig
- 2197
- Nelson
- 13