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牝

牝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. めす。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「牛」+音符「匕」。「めす」を意味する漢語｛牝｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

female

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヒン
Kun (native)
  • めす
  • め〜
  • めん
Other languages
  • 拼音pin4
  • 한글bin
  • Hán-ViệtTẫn
  • Hán-ViệtBẫn

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
牛(うし)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+725D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰牛匕

Words using this kanji

  • 牝馬ひんば牝の馬。mare, filly
  • 牝鹿めじかdoe (female deer)
  • 牝瓦めがわらconcave tile
  • 牝牡ひんぼmale and female (animals)
  • 牝鶏ひんけいhen

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-2
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2151.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4g2.1
Heisig
2608
Nelson
2853