雄
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Han character
雄 (radical 172 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大戈人土 (KIOG), four-corner 40014)
- Noun: male.chieftain.head.chief, Metaphor of strength.victory
- Adjective: manly,full power and grandeur
- Verb: bully
[edit] 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
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
雄 (Yale hung4)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
[edit] Etymology 1
wo > o.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /o/
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Noun
雄 (hiragana お, romaji o, historical hiragana を)
- man, male
[edit] Antonyms
- 女 (me)
[edit] Etymology 2
wosu > osu.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /osu/
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Noun
雄 (hiragana お, romaji o, historical hiragana を)
- a male animal
[edit] Antonyms
- 雌 (mesu)
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
雄 (hangeul 웅, revised ung, McCune-Reischauer ung, Yale wung)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
雄 (pinyin xióng (xiong2), Wade-Giles hsiung2)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
雄 (hùng)
