Readings

Kana: ユウ、お-、おす、おん
Romaji: yuu, o-, osu, on
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: かつ、たけ、つよし、ゆ、よう
Romaji: katsu, take, tsuyoshi, yu, you
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  172
Frequency:  669
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-8
Korean Reading:  ung
Chinese Reading:  xiong2
Unicode:  96c4
JIS:  4D3A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1008
Nelson Index: 5030
New Nelson Index: 6499
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8c4.1
Four Corner Index: 4001.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1869
Gakken Index: 500
Japanese Names Index: 1912
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41972
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0988
Remembering the kanji Index: 743
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1884
Kodansha Compact Index: 1852
Kanji in Context Index: 1637
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 688
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 920
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 751
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 804
Essential Kanji Index: 1387
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1271
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1475
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1602

Words

(おす、オス)
male (animal)
英雄 (えいゆう)
hero; heroine; great person; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
雌雄 (しゆう)
male and female (animal)
群雄 (ぐんゆう)
rival chiefs
雄花 (おばな)
male flower
()
male; man; husband
雄大 (ゆうだい)
grandeur; magnificence; splendour; splendor
雄弁 (ゆうべん)
oratory; eloquence
雄しべ (おしべ、ゆうずい)
stamen
雄叫び (おたけび、おさけび)
war cry; roar
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