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雌

雌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （性別）めす。
  2. よわい。よわいもの。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「隹」+音符「此」。「めす」を意味する漢語｛雌｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

feminine, female

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シJHS
Kun (native)
  • め〜JHS
  • めすJHS
  • めん
Other languages
  • 拼音ci2
  • 拼音ci1
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtThư

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
隹(ふるとり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+96CC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰此隹

Words using this kanji

  • 雌めす（めす）性別において、卵や胎児を産む能力を有しているもの。female (animal, plant)
  • 雌雄しゆう動物の雄と雌。 優劣や勝敗。male and female (animals), the two sexes, victory and defeat, strengths and weaknesses
  • 雌花めばな雌蕊だけで雄蕊がない花。female flower, pistillate flower
  • 雌め（めす）性別において、卵や胎児を産む能力を有しているもの。female, smaller (of the two), weaker, woman
  • 雌牛めうしめすのうし。cow, heifer
  • 雌性しせい雌に共通している性質。female
  • 雌伏しふく服従すること。他人の配下となったりして、活躍できる機会を待つこと。lying low (and awaiting one's chance), biding one's time, submitting at first (to then strike later)
  • 雌鳥めんどりfemale bird, hen (female chicken)
  • 雌豚めぶたfemale pig, sow
  • 雌黄しおう石黄の古称。 文章を改竄したり、添削したり、批評したりすること。 タイやベトナム、ミャンマーなどに産するオトギリソウ科の常緑高木から採ったゴム状の黄色樹脂。ガンボージ。また、その色。orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it), gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it), falsification, alteration
  • 雌松めまつ赤松の別称。Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine
  • 雌株めかぶ雌雄異株の植物で雌花をつけるもの。female plant
  • 雌蜂めばちqueen (bee)
  • 雌ねじめねじfemale screw, nut
  • 雌しべめしべpistil
  • 雌の狐めすのきつねbitch fox, vixen
  • 雌蛭木めひるぎKandelia obovata (species of mangrove)
  • 雌日芝めひしばsouthern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
  • 雌刈萱めがるかやThemeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)
  • 雌雄性しゆうせいsexuality

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-10
Four Corner
2011.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8c6.1
Heisig
605
Nelson
2435