雄
雄 — Masculine
masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence
On’yomiユウ (yuu)
Kun’yomiお- (o)
Kun’yomiおす (osu)
Kun’yomiおん (on)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 雄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雄 | おす osu | male (animal, plant) |
| 英雄 | えいゆう eiyuu | hero; heroine; great person |
| 雄大 | ゆうだい yuudai | grand; magnificent; majestic |
| 雄弁 | ゆうべん yuuben | eloquence; fluency (of speech) |
| 雌雄 | しゆう shiyuu | male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat |
| 雄姿 | ゆうし yuushi | majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance |
Study notes
雄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #669 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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