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漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

雄: masculine, male

Also: hero, leader, superiority, excellence

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

隹 carries the meaning · 厷 gives the sound

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 英雄えいゆう
  • 雄弁ゆうべん
  • 雄大ゆうだいgrand; magnificent; majestic
  • 雌雄しゆうmale and female (animals); the two sexes
  • 雄姿ゆうし

おすosu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 雄おすmale (animal, plant)

Also read お-, おん, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Look at those folded wings and that sturdy little body! This is the bird that rests on the garden branches and chirps at dawn.”
More in the 隹 old bird story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
隹

Also built on old bird (隹)

All 21

Also read ユウ

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
雄 masculine · 厷
vs稚 immature · 禾
雄 has 厷 where 稚 has 禾.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xióng

Same form: 雄 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
雄 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
雄 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xióng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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