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 (Yale hung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

雄 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: おす (osu), お (o)

Etymology 1

wo > o.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /o/

Alternative forms

• 男
• 牡
• 夫

Noun

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

1. man, male

Antonyms

• 女 (me)

Etymology 2

wosu > osu.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /osu/

Alternative forms

• 牡

Noun

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

1. a male animal

Antonyms

• 雌 (mesu)

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Korean

Hanja

雄 (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)