牛うし

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牛うし U+725B, 牛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-725B
← 牚
[U+725A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 牜 →
[U+725C]
⽜ U+2F5C, ⽜
KANGXI RADICAL COW
← ⽛
[U+2F5B] 		Kangxi Radicals ⽝ →
[U+2F5D]

Translingual

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Stroke order
4 strokes
Stroke order

Alternative forms

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

Han character

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Radical 93 牛うし

牛うし (Kangxi radical 93, 牛うし+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹たけ手しゅ (HQ), four-corner 25000, composition ⿻𠂉十じゅう)

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

Derived characters

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See also

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 牛うし
alternative forms 𠂒
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 牛うし
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形しょうけい) of a bull's head.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋwa.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • ngù - colloquial;
  • ngiù - literary.
Note:
  • gû - colloquial;
  • giû/ngiû - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 牛うし
Mandarin Beijing /niou³⁵/
Harbin /niou²⁴/
Tianjin /niou⁴⁵/
Jinan /ȵiou⁴²/
Qingdao /niou⁴²/
Zhengzhou /niou⁴²/
/ou⁴²/
Xi'an /niou²⁴/
Xining /ȵiɯ²⁴/
Yinchuan /niəu⁵³/
Lanzhou /ȵiou⁵³/
Ürümqi /ȵiɤu⁵¹/
Wuhan /niəu²¹³/
Chengdu /ȵiəu³¹/
Guiyang /niəu²¹/
Kunming /niəu³¹/
Nanjing /liəɯ²⁴/
Hefei /liɯ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /niəu¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵiəu¹³/
Hohhot /niəu³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiɤ²³/
Suzhou /ȵiɤ¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵiø²¹³/
Wenzhou /ŋau³¹/
Hui Shexian /niu⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ȵiu⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ȵiəu¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵiəɯ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ȵiu⁴⁵/
/ŋiɛu⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ŋiu¹¹/
Taoyuan /ŋiu¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɐu²¹/
Nanning /ŋɐu²¹/
Hong Kong /ŋɐu²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /giu³⁵/
/gu³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋu⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /niu³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /gu⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ku³¹/
Rime
Character 牛うし
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲こえ) 疑うたぐ (31)
Final (韻いん) 尤ゆう (136)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい) Open
Division (等ひとし) III
Fanqie 語かたり求もとむ切きり
Baxter ngjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋuw/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiu/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngau4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 牛うし
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 牛うし
Reading # 1/1
No. 9564
Phonetic
component 		牛うし
Rime
group 		之これ
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		牛うし
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷɯ/

Definitions

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牛うし

  1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭あたま／头 m c mb md; 條じょう／条じょう m g h x; 隻せき／只ただ m c g mn w x)
  2. beef
    乾ひ炒い牛うし河かわ／干ひ炒い牛うし河かわ  ―  gānchǎo niúhé  ―  beef chow fun
    蛋牛うし治ち [Cantonese]  ―  daan6-2 ngau4-2 zi6 [Jyutping]  ―  beef and egg sandwich
  3. stubborn; pigheaded
  4. (colloquial) arrogant
  5. (Mainland China, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
    牛うし屄  ―  niúbī  ―  [vulgar] awesome
    牛うし人ひと  ―  niúrén  ―  an awesome person
  6. (～宿やど) (Chinese astronomy) Ox (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  7. (physics) Short for 牛うし頓とみ／牛うし顿 (niúdùn, “newton”).
  8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火ひ牛うし (“transformer”). (Classifier: 隻せき／只ただ c)
  9. a surname
    牛うし僧そう孺  ―  Niú Sēngrú  ―  Niu Sengru (Tang politician)

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 牛うし (“bovine”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 牛うし
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 牛うし
Taxonomic name 牛うし
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 牛うし
Taiwan 牛うし
Chengde 牛うし
Chifeng 牛うし
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 牛うし
Heihe 牛うし
Qiqihar 牛うし
Harbin 牛うし
Jiamusi 牛うし
Baicheng 牛うし
Changchun 牛うし
Tonghua 牛うし
Shenyang 牛うし
Jinzhou 牛うし
Malaysia 牛うし
Singapore 牛うし
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 牛うし
Tangshan 牛うし
Cangzhou 牛うし
Baoding 牛うし
Shijiazhuang 牛うし
Lijin 牛うし
Jinan 牛うし
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 牛うし
Dandong 牛うし
Yantai 牛うし
Yantai (Muping) 牛うし
Qingdao 牛うし
Zhucheng 牛うし
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 牛うし
Lingbao 牛うし
Jining 牛うし
Wanrong 牛うし
Linfen 牛うし
Shangqiu 牛うし
Yuanyang 牛うし
Zhengzhou 牛うし
Xinyang 牛うし
Baihe 牛うし
Xi'an 牛うし
Baoji 牛うし
Tianshui 牛うし
Xining 牛うし
Xuzhou 牛うし
Fuyang 牛うし
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 牛うし
Lanzhou 牛うし
Dunhuang 牛うし
Hami 牛うし
Ürümqi 牛うし
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 牛うし
Nanchong 牛うし
Dazhou 牛うし
Hanyuan 牛うし
Xichang 牛うし
Zigong 牛うし
Chongqing 牛うし
Wuhan 牛うし
Yichang 牛うし
Xiangyang 牛うし
Tianmen 牛うし
Guiyang 牛うし
Zunyi 牛うし
Bijie 牛うし
Liping 牛うし
Zhaotong 牛うし
Dali 牛うし
Kunming 牛うし
Mengzi 牛うし
Guilin 牛うし
Liuzhou 牛うし, 拖磨子こ
Jishou 牛うし
Changde 牛うし
Hanzhong 牛うし
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 牛うし
Yangzhou 牛うし
Lianyungang 牛うし
Lianshui 牛うし
Nantong 牛うし
Anqing 牛うし
Wuhu 牛うし
Hefei 牛うし
Hong'an 牛うし
Cantonese Guangzhou 牛うし
Hong Kong 牛うし
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 牛うし
Macau 牛うし
Guangzhou (Panyu) 牛うし
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 牛うし
Guangzhou (Conghua) 牛うし
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 牛うし
Foshan 牛うし
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 牛うし
Foshan (Shunde) 牛うし
Foshan (Sanshui) 牛うし
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 牛うし
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 牛うし
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 牛うし
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 牛うし
Zhuhai (Doumen) 牛うし
Jiangmen (Baisha) 牛うし
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 牛うし
Taishan 牛うし
Kaiping (Chikan) 牛うし
Enping (Niujiang) 牛うし
Heshan (Yayao) 牛うし
Dongguan 牛うし
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 牛うし
Yangjiang 牛うし
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 牛うし
Singapore (Guangfu) 牛うし
Gan Nanchang 牛うし
Lichuan 牛うし
Pingxiang 牛うし
Hakka Meixian 牛うし
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 牛うし
Dongguan (Qingxi) 牛うし
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 牛うし
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 牛うし
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 牛うし
Yudu 牛うし
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛うし仔こ
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 牛うし仔こ
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 牛うし
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 牛うし
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 牛うし
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 牛うし
Huizhou Shexian 牛うし
Jin Taiyuan 牛うし, 牛うし兒じ
Yangyuan 牛うし
Datong 牛うし
Xinzhou 牛うし
Lüliang (Lishi) 牛うし
Changzhi 牛うし
Linhe 牛うし
Jining 牛うし
Hohhot 牛うし
Erenhot 牛うし
Pingshan 牛うし
Zhangjiakou 牛うし
Handan 牛うし
Linzhou 牛うし
Suide 牛うし
Northern Min Jian'ou 牛うし
Eastern Min Fuzhou 牛うし
Southern Min Xiamen 牛うし
Quanzhou 牛うし
Zhangzhou 牛うし
Zhao'an 牛うし
Taipei 牛うし
New Taipei (Sanxia) 牛うし
Kaohsiung 牛うし仔こ
Yilan 牛うし仔こ
Changhua (Lukang) 牛うし
Taichung 牛うし
Tainan 牛うし
Hsinchu 牛うし
Kinmen 牛うし
Penghu (Magong) 牛うし
Penang (Hokkien) 牛うし
Singapore (Hokkien) 牛うし
Manila (Hokkien) 牛うし
Chaozhou 牛うし
Shantou 牛うし
Shantou (Chenghai) 牛うし
Singapore (Teochew) 牛うし
Leizhou 牛うし
Wenchang 牛うし
Haikou 牛うし, 牛うし媽
Singapore (Hainanese) 牛うし
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 牛うし
Shehua Fu'an 牛うし
Fuding 牛うし
Luoyuan 牛うし
Sanming 牛うし
Shunchang 牛うし
Hua'an 牛うし
Guixi (Zhangping) 牛うし
Cangnan 牛うし
Jingning (Hexi) 牛うし
Lishui 牛うし
Longyou 牛うし
Chaozhou 牛うし
Fengshun 牛うし
Wu Shanghai 牛うし
Suzhou 牛うし
Danyang 牛うし
Wenzhou 牛うし
Jinhua 牛うし
Xiang Changsha 牛うし, 寶たから耕こう
Shuangfeng 牛うし
Dialectal synonyms of 厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 牛うし, 牛うし兒じ, 牛うし屄 vulgar
Taiwan 厲害, 棒ぼう
Malaysia 厲害, 夠力
Singapore 厲害
Cantonese Guangzhou 犀利さいり, 勁
Hong Kong 犀利さいり, 勁, 勁抽, 堅けん抽
Penang (Guangfu) 犀利さいり
Singapore (Guangfu) 犀利さいり, 勁
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 厲害, 慶けい
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 厲害, 慶けい, 壁かべ
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 厲害, 慶けい
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 厲害, 慶けい
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 厲害, 慶けい
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 厲害, 慶けい
Hong Kong 叻
Kuching (Hepo) 慶けい
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, 野の
Haifeng 厲害
Singapore (Teochew) 厲害
Wu Shanghai 結ゆい棍
Suzhou 結ゆい棍
Wuxi 結ゆい棍
Hangzhou 結ゆい棍
Ningbo 結ゆい棍
Xiang Changsha 䏧腮
  • (transformer):
Dialectal synonyms of 變壓へんあつ器き (“transformer”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 變壓へんあつ器き
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 變壓へんあつ器き
Cantonese Guangzhou 火ひ牛うし
Hong Kong 火ひ牛うし
Taishan 火ひ牛うし
Dongguan 火ひ牛うし
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 火ひ牛うし
Southern Min Xiamen 變壓へんあつ器き
Shantou (Chaoyang) 火ひ牛うし
Jieyang 火ひ牛うし
Wu Shanghai 方ほう棚たな

Descendants

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  • Wutunhua: nek

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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牛うし

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
  1. cow, ox, cattle

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *Osi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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牛うし(うし) or 牛うし(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, “牛うし(ぎゅう)魔ま(ま)人ひと(じん) [Bull Jinn]”, in Vol.6, Konami:
      森もり(もり)に住じゅう(す)む牛うし(うし)の魔ま(ま)人ひと(じん)。ツノを突(つ)き出で(だ)し突(とっ)進すすむ(しん)して攻おさむ(こう)撃げき(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(ちから)を持もち(も)つウシの怪かい(かい)物もの(ぶつ)。オノひと振ふ(ふ)りで何なに(なに)でもなぎ倒たおせ(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
Usage notes
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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.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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牛うし(ぎゅう) • (gyū) ←ぎう (giu)?

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle
  2. beef
  3. (astronomy) Ox

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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牛うし (eumhun 소 우 (so u))

  1. hanja form? of 우 (“cow”)

Compounds

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Okinawan

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Kanji

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牛うし

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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牛うし(うし) (ushi) 

  1. cow, cattle

Derived terms

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References

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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牛うし: Hán Nôm readings: ngưu, ngọ, ngỏ, ngõ, ngâu

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Yonaguni

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Kanji

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牛うし

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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

Noun

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牛うし(うち) (uchi) 

  1. cow, cattle

References

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