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See also: 午 and 𓃾

Stroke order
4 strokes
Stroke order
  • 牜 (U+725C) - used as a left radical component (not a standalone character)
  • 𠂒 (U+20092) - sometimes used as a top component

牛 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹手 (HQ), four-corner 25000, composition ⿻𠂉十)

  1. Kangxi radical #93, ⽜.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №19

Additional Derived Characters

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 697, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19922
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1108, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1800, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+725B
simp. and trad.
 牛
alternative forms 𠂒

Wikipedia has articles on:

  • 牛 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • 牛 (Cantonese)
  • 牛 (Classical)
  • gû (Southern Min)
  • 牛 (Wu)

Pictogram (象形) of a bull's head.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋwa.

"awesome"
Clipping of 牛屄 (niúbī).

Note: ngau4-2 - "beef", chiefly in compounds.

Note:

  • ngù - vernacular;
  • ngiù - literary.

Note:

  • gu2 - vernacular;
  • giu2 - literary.

Note:

  • gû - vernacular;
  • giû/ngiû - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 牛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		niú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ŋ]ʷə/ (< uvular?)
English ox

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 牛
Reading # 1/1
No. 9564
Phonetic
component 		牛
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		牛
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷɯ/

牛

  1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭／头 m c mb md; 條／条 m g h x; 隻／只 m c g mn w x)
  2. beef
    乾炒牛河／干炒牛河  ―  gānchǎo niúhé  ―  beef chow fun
    蛋牛治 [Cantonese]  ―  daan6-2 ngau4-2 zi6 [Jyutping]  ―  beef and egg sandwich
  3. stubborn; pigheaded
  4. (colloquial) arrogant
  5. (Mainland China, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
    牛屄  ―  niúbī  ―  [vulgar] awesome
    牛人  ―  niúrén  ―  an awesome person
  6. (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Ox (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  7. (physics) Short for 牛頓／牛顿 (niúdùn, “newton”).
  8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛 (“transformer”). (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
  9. a surname
    牛僧孺  ―  Niú Sēngrú  ―  Niu Sengru (Tang politician)

Dialectal synonyms of 牛 (“bovine”) [map]

Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 牛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 牛
Taxonomic name 牛
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 牛
Taiwan 牛
Chengde 牛
Chifeng 牛
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 牛
Heihe 牛
Qiqihar 牛
Harbin 牛
Jiamusi 牛
Baicheng 牛
Changchun 牛
Tonghua 牛
Shenyang 牛
Jinzhou 牛
Malaysia 牛
Singapore 牛
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 牛
Tangshan 牛
Cangzhou 牛
Baoding 牛
Shijiazhuang 牛
Lijin 牛
Jinan 牛
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 牛
Dandong 牛
Yantai 牛
Yantai (Muping) 牛
Qingdao 牛
Zhucheng 牛
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 牛
Lingbao 牛
Jining 牛
Wanrong 牛
Linfen 牛
Shangqiu 牛
Yuanyang 牛
Zhengzhou 牛
Xinyang 牛
Baihe 牛
Xi'an 牛
Baoji 牛
Tianshui 牛
Xining 牛
Xuzhou 牛
Fuyang 牛
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 牛
Lanzhou 牛
Dunhuang 牛
Hami 牛
Ürümqi 牛
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 牛
Nanchong 牛
Dazhou 牛
Hanyuan 牛
Xichang 牛
Zigong 牛
Chongqing 牛
Wuhan 牛
Yichang 牛
Xiangyang 牛
Tianmen 牛
Guiyang 牛
Zunyi 牛
Bijie 牛
Liping 牛
Zhaotong 牛
Dali 牛
Kunming 牛
Mengzi 牛
Guilin 牛
Liuzhou 牛, 拖磨子
Jishou 牛
Changde 牛
Hanzhong 牛
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 牛
Yangzhou 牛
Lianyungang 牛
Lianshui 牛
Nantong 牛
Anqing 牛
Wuhu 牛
Hefei 牛
Hong'an 牛
Cantonese Guangzhou 牛
Hong Kong 牛
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 牛
Macau 牛
Guangzhou (Panyu) 牛
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 牛
Guangzhou (Conghua) 牛
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 牛
Foshan 牛
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 牛
Foshan (Shunde) 牛
Foshan (Sanshui) 牛
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 牛
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 牛
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 牛
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 牛
Zhuhai (Doumen) 牛
Jiangmen (Baisha) 牛
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 牛
Taishan 牛
Kaiping (Chikan) 牛
Enping (Niujiang) 牛
Heshan (Yayao) 牛
Dongguan 牛
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 牛
Yangjiang 牛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 牛
Singapore (Guangfu) 牛
Gan Nanchang 牛
Lichuan 牛
Pingxiang 牛
Hakka Meixian 牛
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 牛
Dongguan (Qingxi) 牛
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 牛
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 牛
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 牛
Yudu 牛
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 牛仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 牛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 牛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 牛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 牛
Huizhou Shexian 牛
Jin Taiyuan 牛, 牛兒
Yangyuan 牛
Datong 牛
Xinzhou 牛
Lüliang (Lishi) 牛
Changzhi 牛
Linhe 牛
Jining 牛
Hohhot 牛
Erenhot 牛
Pingshan 牛
Zhangjiakou 牛
Handan 牛
Linzhou 牛
Suide 牛
Northern Min Jian'ou 牛
Eastern Min Fuzhou 牛
Southern Min Xiamen 牛
Quanzhou 牛
Zhangzhou 牛
Zhao'an 牛
Taipei 牛
New Taipei (Sanxia) 牛
Kaohsiung 牛仔
Yilan 牛仔
Changhua (Lukang) 牛
Taichung 牛
Tainan 牛
Hsinchu 牛
Kinmen 牛
Penghu (Magong) 牛
Penang (Hokkien) 牛
Singapore (Hokkien) 牛
Manila (Hokkien) 牛
Chaozhou 牛
Shantou 牛
Shantou (Chenghai) 牛
Singapore (Teochew) 牛
Leizhou 牛
Wenchang 牛
Haikou 牛, 牛媽
Singapore (Hainanese) 牛
Puxian Min Putian 牛, 牛犅
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 牛, 牛犅
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 牛
Shehua Fu'an 牛
Fuding 牛
Luoyuan 牛
Sanming 牛
Shunchang 牛
Hua'an 牛
Guixi (Zhangping) 牛
Cangnan 牛
Jingning (Hexi) 牛
Lishui 牛
Longyou 牛
Chaozhou 牛
Fengshun 牛
Wu Shanghai 牛
Suzhou 牛
Danyang 牛
Wenzhou 牛
Jinhua 牛
Xiang Changsha 牛, 寶耕
Shuangfeng 牛
  • (beef): 牛肉 (niúròu)
  • (awesome):

Dialectal synonyms of 厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”) [map]

Variety Location Words
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar
Taiwan 厲害, 棒
Malaysia 厲害, 夠力
Singapore 厲害
Cantonese Guangzhou 犀利, 勁
Hong Kong 犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽
Penang (Guangfu) 犀利
Singapore (Guangfu) 犀利, 勁
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 厲害, 慶
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 厲害, 慶, 壁
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 厲害, 慶
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 厲害, 慶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 厲害, 慶
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 厲害, 慶
Hong Kong 叻
Kuching (Hepo) 慶
Southern Min Xiamen 厲害
Shishi 厲害
Zhao'an 厲害
Tainan 厲害
Penang (Hokkien) 厲害
Singapore (Hokkien) 厲害, 勥, 𠢕
Manila (Hokkien) 厲害, 勥, 𠢕
Puning 厲害, 野
Haifeng 厲害
Singapore (Teochew) 厲害
Wu Shanghai 結棍
Suzhou 結棍
Wuxi 結棍
Hangzhou 結棍
Ningbo 結棍
Xiang Changsha 䏧腮
  • (transformer):

Dialectal synonyms of 變壓器 (“transformer”) [map]

牛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. cow, ox, cattle
Kanji in this term
牛
うし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *usi.

牛(うし) or 牛(ウシ) • (ushi) 

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle, a domestic bovine
    Synonyms: (dialectal, Tohoku) べこ, (dialectal, Akita, Sendai, Shimokita, Tsugaru) べご, (dialectal, Kagoshima) べぶ

    • 1999 November 18, “牛(ぎゅう)魔(ま)人(じん) [Bull Jinn]”, in Vol.6, Konami:

      森(もり)に住(す)む牛(うし)の魔(ま)人(じん)。ツノを突(つ)き出(だ)し突(とっ)進(しん)して攻(こう)撃(げき)。
      Mori ni sumu ushi no majin. Tsuno o tsukidashi tosshin shite kōgeki.
      A bovine jinn who resides in the woods. He’ll charge at you and stick you with his horns.

    • 1999 December 1, “ミノタウルス [Minotaurus]”, in BOOSTER 6, Konami:

      すごい力(ちから)を持(も)つウシの怪(かい)物(ぶつ)。オノひと振(ふ)りで何(なに)でもなぎ倒(たお)す。
      Sugoi chikara o motsu ushi no kaibutsu. Ono hitofuri de nani demo nagitaosu.
      A bovine monster with tremendous power who chops up anyone in his way with one axe swing.
  2. beef

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウシ.

Kanji in this term
牛
ぎゅう
Grade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 牛 (ngjuw, “cow”). Compare Hokkien 牛 (giû / ngiû).

牛(ぎゅう) • (gyū) ←ぎう (giu)?

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle
  2. beef
  3. (astronomy) Ox
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

牛 (eumhun 소 우 (so u))

  1. hanja form? of 우 (“cow”)

牛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *usi, from Proto-Japonic *usi.

  • (Tarama; Nakachi, Irabu) IPA(key): /u.sz̩/

牛(うす) (usu) 

  1. cow, cattle
  2. beef
  • Tokuyama, Shun'ei (渡久山春英), Kenan, Celik (セリック・ケナン) (2020) 南琉球宮古語多良間方言辞典 [A Dictionary of Tarama Miyako, a dialect of Southern Ryukyuan], Tokyo (東京都): Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo, Gengo Hen'i Kenkyū Ryōiki (国立国語研究所 言語変異研究領域), →ISBN, page 89
  • Tomihama, Sadayoshi (富浜定吉) (2013) 宮古伊良部方言辞典 [Miyako Irabu Dialect Dictionary], Naha (那覇市): Okinawa Times (沖縄タイムス社), →ISBN, page 102

牛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Kanji in this term
牛
うし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From Proto-Ryukyuan *usi, from Proto-Japonic *usi.

牛(うし) (ushi) 

  1. cow, cattle
  • “うし【牛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

牛: Hán Nôm readings: ngưu, ngọ, ngỏ, ngõ, ngâu

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牛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *usi, from Proto-Japonic *usi.

牛(うち) (uchi) 

  1. cow, cattle
  • “うち【牛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.