Kanji 牛 — "Cow"
Here is what 牛 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Cow" stick.
How it is read
ぎゅう
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
うし
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
You guessed it — Cow the kanji and the component are one and the same!
- 牛 Cow
See how it's the shape of a Cow turning sideways to you? The stroke on the left is the cow's face and horn.
Words that use 牛
5 of 5 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 牛 うし cattle, cow
- 牛乳 ぎゅうにゅう milk
- 牛肉 ぎゅうにく beef
- 牛どん ぎゅうどん bowl of rice topped with beef
- 牡牛座 おうしざ Taurus
Want 牛 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
