Keyword
cow
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig260
Readings
うし
(34%)
うじ
(2%)
ぎっ
(1%)
Composed of
cow head
ten
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a cow grazing. The 𠂉 is a cow's head in the background, and the 十 signifies a fence through which you're looking at that cow.

Do not confuse with , whose fourth stroke is slightly shorter.

Used in kanji (26 in total)
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special
Used in vocabulary (224 in total)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
calf; small cow
raging bull; ferocious bull
horses and cattle
snail; cochlea
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef
bull; ox; steer
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
bull; ox; steer
bullfighter; matador
calf; small cow
cow shed; cattle barn
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
cow; heifer
cow; heifer
cattleman; raising cattle
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
cow shed; cattle barn
snail's pace; slow progress
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
skewered beef
restive bull (esp. in bull riding)
butcher's knife; chef's knife
beef tallow
cowhide; oxhide
ears of an ox
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
beef sinew; beef tendon
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki
butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef; beef-hotpot restaurant
cattle droving; drover; cowpoke; running of the bulls; encierro
horn (of a cow)
cow pox; vaccinia
Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
cow's tongue; sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
calf; small cow
horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell
snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic
cowhide; oxhide
beef sinew; beef tendon
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
snail's pace; (lit.) ox walk
restive bull (esp. in bull riding)
calculus bovis; ox bezoar; cattle gallstone
rustler; cattle thief
(breeding) bull
cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
Oriental photinia (species of shrub, Photinia villosa)
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)
Yoshinoya gyudon (beef on rice)
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse
Taurus (2nd zodiacal sign); the Bull
cattle slaughter (for food)
pasturing cattle
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
beef roast; beef sirloin
beef sinew; beef tendon
beef-hotpot restaurant
adult cattle; mature cattle
Cynanchum caudatum (species of swallowwort)
Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
caramel-coloured cow
long-horned beetle
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
Tajima cow (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima cattle
rump of a cow
trifling (fight); (a conflict) between small countries
round steak; beef round
brindled ox; spotted cow
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
cattle plague; rinderpest
minced beef; ground beef
better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
Boötes (constellation); the Herdsman
(having, there being) a great number of books
rice covered with beef and vegetables
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
shorthorn; short-horned cattle
morning glory seeds (medicinal use)
rustler; cattle thief
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; (lit.) better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows
ox seller; ox vendor
American bison (Bison bison); buffalo
to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; (lit.) to straighten the horns and kill the cow
homogenized milk; homogenised milk
that was delicious
water buffalo
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
kanji "cow" radical at left (radical 93)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
round steak; beef round
round steak; beef round
ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)
Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
Japanese chaff flower (Achyranthes japonica)
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; (lit.) better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
white-spotted citrus longhorned beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca)
burdock root seasoned with sesame
sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina)
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer); Cape buffalo
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)
wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)
milk cow; dairy cattle
work cow; work cattle
sacrificial bullock
sliced raw beef
using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem
trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; the cure is worse than the disease
longhorn; long-horned cattle
one should not rush to make a profit; (lit.) business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)
one should not rush to make a profit; (lit.) business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)
mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to take the lead in; to control; to be the leader
hiragana character "i"; hiragana character "hi"
calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)
processed meat injected with a beef tallow mixture
great burdock sold covered with soil
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; CBPP
to drive black hogs in the dark; to be unable to distinguish one thing from another; (lit.) to come out from the darkness with a cow
learn to crawl before you learn to walk; (lit.) until you ride a horse, ride a cow
women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; (lit.) even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow
to be overanxious; to worry needlessly
processed meat injected with a beef tallow mixture
Chinese yellow cattle
to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good; (lit.) to change (from riding) a cow to (riding) a horse
stone wall construction technique, with smallest stone surfaces facing outwards; burdock piling
bull (breeding); sire
calf; cattle being reared
culled cow; spent cow; spent bull
culled cow; spent cow; spent bull
Ushida Station (Aichi)
sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); black tiger prawn
scorzonera (Scorzonera hispanica); Spanish salsify; viper's grass
zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)
zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)
bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)
muskox (Ovibos moschatus); musk ox
bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)
Euhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)
Examples (193 in total)
I've never seen a real cow.
His eyes are as gentle as those of a cow.
He raises horses and cattle.