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Cow


Radical Combination


Meaning

Cow

Mnemonic

The radical and the kanji for cow are exactly the same! That makes it easy to remember, so long as you know your radicals well enough.

To distinguish this from the "noon" kanji (午), try thinking of the bit poking out of the top of this kanji as the cow's head.


Reading

On'yomi

ぎゅう

Kun'yomi

うし

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Have you ever heard of わぎゅう (wagyu) beef? That ぎゅう is this ぎゅう.

I hope you know what わぎゅう beef is, otherwise this will be a difficult one to learn.


Visually Similar Kanji


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