Radical 93
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kangxi radical"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 93 | uni |
| meaning | cow |
| pny | niú |
| bopo | ㄋㄧㄡˊ |
| gr | niou |
| wade | niu2 |
| jyutping | ngau4 |
| yale | ngàuh |
| poj | giû |
| cn | (牜) 牛字旁 niúzìpáng |
| (Bottom) 牛字底 niúzìdǐ | |
| onyomi | ギュウ gyū / ゴ go |
| kunyomi | うし ushi |
| jp | 牛/うし ushi |
| (牜) 牛偏/うしへん ushihen | |
| hang | 소 so |
| hanja | 우 u |
| :: |
|93|uni=725B |meaning=cow |pny= niú |bopo= ㄋㄧㄡˊ |gr= niou |wade= niu2 |jyutping= ngau4 |yale= ngàuh |poj= giû |cn= (牜) 牛字旁 niúzìpáng (Bottom) 牛字底 niúzìdǐ |onyomi= ギュウ gyū / ゴ go |kunyomi= うし ushi |jp= 牛/うし ushi (牜) 牛偏/うしへん ushihen |hang= 소 so |hanja= 우 u ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/牜-order.gif" caption="Stroke order of the left component form 牜"] ::
Radical 93 or radical cow (牛部) meaning "cow" or "bulls" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 4 strokes.
When appearing at the left side of a Chinese character, it transforms into 牜, with the last two strokes switching their order and the last stroke becoming a rising stroke rather than a horizontal stroke.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 233 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
牛 is also the 79th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 牜 being its associated indexing component.
Evolution
File:牛-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:牛-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:牛-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:牛-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 牛 牜Component |
| +2 | 牝 牞 牟 |
| +3 | 牠 牡 牢 牣 牤 |
| +4 | 牥 牦SC (=氂 - 毛) 牧 牨 物 牪 牫 牬 |
| +5 | 牭 牮 牯 牰 牱 牲 牳 牴 牵SC (=牽) |
| +6 | 牶 牷 牸 特 牺SC (=犧) |
| +7 | 牻 牼 牽 牾 牿 犁 |
| +8 | 犀 犂 (=犁) 犃 犄 犅 犆 犇 犈 犉 犊SC (=犢) 犋 |
| +9 | 犌 犍 犎 犏 犐 犑 |
| +10 | 犒 犓 犔 犕 犖 犗 |
| +11 | 犘 犙 犚 犛 犟TC variant |
| +12 | 犜 犝 犞 犟SC variant |
| +13 | 犠JP (=犧) |
| +15 | 犡 犢 犣 犤 犥 犦 |
| +16 | 犧 犨 |
| +18 | 犩 |
| +20 | 犪 |
| +23 | 犫 |
| :: |
Sinogram
As an independent sinogram, 牛 is a Chinese character with the meaning "bull". In Japan, it is one of the Kyōiku kanji which is taught in the second grade of elementary school.
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