⽜

cow

niú (niu2)

Radical no. 93 · 4 strokes (第 93 部首 · 4 画 dì 93 bùshǒu · 4 huà)

Radical ⽜ (niú) — meaning: cow, 4 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of a cow, showing two horns at the top and four legs below. In oracle-bone and seal script, the strokes depicted the form of a wild or domesticated bovine animal.

Mnemonic: The glyph ⽜ resembles a cow viewed from the front, with two horns protruding and four legs touching the ground.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

44 characters

Stroke count

All strokes1-3 strokes4-6 strokes7-10 strokes11+ strokes

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Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 牛niú

    ox

    HSK 3

    4 strokes

  • 牝pìn

    (of a bird, animal or plant) female

    6 strokes

  • 牟móu

    barley

    6 strokes

  • 牢láo

    (literary) pen; fold (for livestock)

    HSK 6

    7 strokes

  • 牡mǔ

    (of a bird, animal or plant) male

    7 strokes

  • 牣rèn

    fill up

    7 strokes

  • 牤māng

    bull

    7 strokes

  • 物wù

    (bound form) thing

    8 strokes

  • 牧mù

    to herd

    8 strokes

  • 牦máo

    yak (Bos grunniens)

    8 strokes

  • 牮jiàn

    to prop up

    9 strokes

  • 牯gǔ

    bullock

    9 strokes

  • 牲shēng

    domestic animal

    9 strokes

  • 牳mǔ

    (bovine)

    9 strokes

  • 牴dǐ

    to butt

    9 strokes

  • 特tè

    special

    HSK 6

    10 strokes

  • 牷quán

    one-color bullock

    10 strokes

  • 牸zì

    female of domestic animals

    10 strokes

  • 牺xī

    sacrifice

    10 strokes

  • 荦luò

    brindled ox

    10 strokes

  • 牵qiān

    to lead along

    HSK 6

    11 strokes

  • 犁lí

    plow

    11 strokes

  • 牻máng

    (literary) black and white cattle

    11 strokes

  • 牾wǔ

    to oppose

    11 strokes

  • 牿gù

    shed or pen for cattle

    11 strokes

  • 犀xī

    rhinoceros

    12 strokes

  • 犂lí

    see 犂靬[Li2 jian1]

    12 strokes

  • 犄jī

    ox-horns

    12 strokes

  • 犆tè

    male animal

    12 strokes

  • 犇Bēn

    surname Ben

    12 strokes

  • 犉rún

    ox

    12 strokes

  • 犊dú

    calf

    12 strokes

  • 犋jù

    unit of animal power (sufficient to pull a plow, harrow etc)

    12 strokes

  • 犍jiān

    bullock

    12 strokes

  • 犎fēng

    zebu

    13 strokes

  • 犏piān

    used in 犏牛[pian1 niu2]

    13 strokes

  • 犒kào

    to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc

    14 strokes

  • 犗jiè

    castrated bull

    14 strokes

  • 犛lí

    black ox

    15 strokes

  • 犟jiàng

    variant of 強|强[jiang4]

    16 strokes

  • 犨chōu

    panting of cow

    20 strokes

  • 犩wéi

    ancient yak of southeast China, also known as 犪牛[kui2 niu2]

    21 strokes

  • 犪kuí

    used in 犪牛[kui2 niu2]

    25 strokes

  • 犫chōu

    old variant of 犨[chou1]

    27 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.