牛 (niú): meaning and stroke order
牛 (niú) means ox, cow, bull, 条头, newton (abbr. for 牛顿), (slang) awesome, surname Niu.
牛
- Simplified
- 牛
- Traditional
- 牛 (same form)
- Pinyin
- niú
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Stroke order of 牛
牛
- Niú surname Niu
- niú ox; cow
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 牛
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niú
- ox
- cow
- bull
- CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]
- newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4])
- (slang) awesome
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Niú
- surname Niu
Radical and structure
- 牛
- Radical 牛 (Kangxi radical 93) · 4 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 牛
- 牛肉 niú ròu beef
- 牛奶 niú nǎi cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).