雄
excellence, hero, leader, male, masculine, superiority

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ユウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

お-おすおん

Nanori (名乗り)

かつたけつよしゆよう

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:12
JLPT:1
Frequency:669

Vocabulary

ユウ

WordReadingMeaning
英雄エイユウhero; heroine; great person; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
雄大ユウダイgrand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
雄弁ユウベンeloquence; fluency (of speech)
雌雄シユウmale and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
雄壮ユウソウheroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant

Other

WordReadingMeaning
雄おすmale (animal, plant)
雄おんmale (animal, plant)
雄オスmale (animal, plant)
群雄割拠ぐんゆうかっきょrivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
雄花おばなmale flower; staminate flower

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

雇
employ, hire
Grade 8JLPT 2
推
conjecture, guess, infer, push (for), support, suppose
Grade 6JLPT 1
確
assurance, clear, confirm, evident, firm, hard, solid, tight
Grade 5JLPT 3
稚
immature, young
Grade 8JLPT 1
雅
elegant, graceful, gracious, refined
Grade 8JLPT 1
准
associate, quasi-, semi-
Grade 8JLPT 1
権
authority, power, rights
Grade 6JLPT 3
唯
merely, only, simply, solely
Grade 8JLPT 1
離
detach, digress, disjoin, separation
Grade 8JLPT 1
奪
dispossess, plunder, rob, snatch away, take by force, usurp
Grade 8JLPT 1