雄

masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence

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:N1

Frequency:669

Vocabulary

ユウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

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assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident

immature, young

gracious, elegant, graceful, refined

quasi-, semi-, associate

authority, power, rights

solely, only, merely, simply

detach, separation, disjoin, digress

rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp