雄 — masculine, male, hero

おす雄 masculine

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+96C4 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #669 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #804 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

masculine
male
hero
leader
superiority
excellence

word

おす osu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

雄(おす) osu male (animal)

ゆう yuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

英(えい) 雄(ゆう) eiyuu hero

お o Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

秀(ひで) 雄(お) hideo Hideo (male given name)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

厷 upper arm

隹 short-tailed bird

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#172 隹 short-tailed bird