雄

Translingual

Han character

雄 (radical 172 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大戈人土 (KIOG), four-corner 4001₄)

1. Noun: male.chieftain.head.chief, Metaphor of strength.victory
2. Adjective: manly,full power and grandeur
3. Verb: bully

References

• KangXi: page 1365, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41972
• Dae Jaweon: page 1869, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4093, character 3
• Unihan data for U+96C4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

雄 (Jyutping hung4, Yale hung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

雄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: う (u), ゆ (yu)
• Kan’on: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: おす (osu), お (o)
• Nanori: かつ (katsu), たけ (take), つよし (tsuyoshi), ゆ (yu), よう (yō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

雄

ゆう Grade: S

on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 雄 (hjuwng, “male”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) ゆ​う [yúꜜù] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [jɯᵝː]

Noun

雄 (hiragana ゆう, romaji yū)

1. male
2. something or someone excellent (male)

   一世 (いっせい)の雄 (ゆう)

   issei no yū

   one of the greatest men of his generation

Derived terms

Derived terms

雄偉 (ゆうい) (yūi): heroic, grand, excellent 雄黄 (ゆうおう) (yūō): orpiment, an arsenic sulfide mineral 雄花 (ゆうか) (yūka): a male flower

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

雄

お Grade: S

kun'yomi

/wo/ → /o/

From Old Japanese. Persists in compounds, such as the first element o- in the modern Japanese term 男 (otoko, “man”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) お​ [óꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞]

Alternative forms

• 男, 牡, 夫

Noun

雄 (hiragana お, romaji o, historical hiragana を)

1. (obsolete in isolation) man, male
   • 711-712, Kojiki (上巻 [Kamitsumaki])

     汝 (な)こそは遠 (を)にいませば

     na koso wa o ni imaseba

     As you yourself be male / a man...

2. (obsolete) husband
   • 711-712, Kojiki (上巻 [Kamitsumaki])

     吾 (わ)はもよ女 (め)にしあれば汝 (な)を除 (き)て男 (を)は無 (な)し汝 (な)を除 (き)て夫 (つま)は無 (な)し

     wa wa moyo me ni shiareba na o kite o wa nashi na o kite tsuma wa nashi

     As I am a woman, without you, there are no husbands. Without you, there are no wives...

3. something large, powerful, or otherwise masculine

   雄 (お)叫 (たけ)び／雄 (お)滝 (だき)／大 (ますら)夫 (お)

   otakebi／odaki／masurao

   a war cry / the larger of two waterfalls / manliness

4. yang (as opposed to yin)

   女 (め)男 (お)、陰 (め)陽 (お)

   meo, meo

   yin-yang (two different kanji spellings, same reading and derivation)

Usage notes

Not used in isolation in modern Japanese.

Derived terms

Derived terms

雄臼 (おうす) (ousu): in a traditional Japanese stone or wooden mill or grinder, the bottom of the two pieces, two which the drive shaft is attached 雄鹿 (おじか) (ojika): a buck, a male deer 雄滝 (おだき) (odaki): the larger of two waterfalls 雄叫 (おたけ)び (otakebi): a war cry 男 (おとこ) (otoko): man 夫 (おっと) (otto): husband 雄花 (おばな) (obana): a male flower 須佐之男 (すさのお) (Susanō): Susanoo, the male god of storms 益荒男, 丈夫, 大夫 (ますらお) (masurao): manliness 女男, 陰陽 (めお) (meo): yin-yang

Antonyms

• 雌 (め) (me): woman, female

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

雄

おす Grade: S

kun'yomi

/wosu/ → /osu/

Compound of 雄 (o, “male”) +‎ す (su), but the derivation of the su element is unknown.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) おす​ [òsúꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [o̞sɯᵝ]

Alternative forms

• 牡

Noun

雄 (hiragana おす, katakana オス, romaji osu, historical hiragana をす)

1. male

Usage notes

This is the most common reading of this term in modern Japanese when used as a standalone noun.

Only used to refer to non-human male organisms. As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as オス.

Synonyms

• (human male): 男性 (だんせい) (dansei)

Antonyms

• (non-human female): 雌 (めす) (mesu), メス (mesu)
• (human female): 女性 (じょせい) (josei)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term

雄

おん Grade: S

kun'yomi

/won/ → /on/

Compound of 雄 (o, “male”) +‎ ん (n). The latter -n element might be a contraction of the possessive particle の (no).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) おん​ [òńꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɴ]

Alternative forms

• 牡

Noun

雄 (hiragana おん, romaji on, historical hiragana をん)

1. male

Usage notes

Not used in isolation in modern Japanese.

Derived terms

Derived terms

雄鳥, 雄鶏 (おんどり) (ondori): a male chicken → a rooster, a cock

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Hanja

雄 (ung) (hangeul 웅, revised ung, McCune-Reischauer ung, Yale wung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

雄 (Pinyin xióng (xiong2), Wade-Giles hsiung²)

1. (formal) male (describing an animal)

Usage notes

Commonly used for animals for the meaning of male in academic context, less commonly used for non-academic context (use "公" instead, for non-academic context), and not used for human (use "男" instead, for human). For example: 雄雞/雄鸡:cock 雄牛:bull

Compounds

• 雄辩
• 雄兵
• 雄才大略
• 雄大
• 雄风
• 雄蜂
• 雄关
• 雄豪
• 雄厚
• 雄花
• 雄浑
• 雄鸡
• 雄健
• 雄杰
• 雄劲
• 雄赳赳, 雄赳赳的
• 雄踞
• 雄俊, 雄骏
• 雄峻
• 雄丽
• 雄奇
• 雄蕊
• 雄师
• 雄视
• 雄图
• 雄威
• 雄伟
• 雄武
• 雄心
• 雄性
• 雄性激素
• 雄主
• 雄壮
• 雄姿

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Vietnamese

Han character

雄 (hùng)

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