牝

6 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

female

Kun'yomi
  • めす
    		female (animal, plant)
  • め-
  • めん
    		female (animal, plant)
On'yomi
  • ヒン

Main Radical

牛(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

めす 84.2%
ヒン 10.5%
め- 5.3%

Character Breakdown

female
めす　ヒン　め- (Kentei Pre-1)
cow
うし　ギュウ　ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

ひん
牝
ば
馬
mare
め
牝
ぎつね
狐
female fox ②woman who deceives men
ひん
牝
けい
鷄
hen
はん
繁
しょく
殖
ひん
牝
ば
馬
broodmare (horse breeding)
しゅ
種
ひん
牝
ば
馬
mare used for breeding
ひん
牝
ぼ
牡
male and female (animals)
め
牝
じか
鹿
doe (female deer)
め
牝
がわら
瓦
concave tile
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References

Unicode hex code 725D
JIS X 0208 1-44-38
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2853
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3534
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 826
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1020
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2551
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2608
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19925
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4g2.1
Four corner code 2151.0
De Roo Code 2456