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牛 means 'cow'

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Strokes : 4    Radical number: 93    Frequency: 1127   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-9    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 15    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 88 words   Used in 162 words   Used in 912 names   Component in 45 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ギュウ
Kun
   うし cow
Additional readings
Name    うじ   ご
Variants
牜  
Notes
Find out why the “cow” radical pops up in kanji such as 物 (thing) and 特 (special), and see what connection it has to two characters meaning “sacrifice.”
See also
⺧ whereupon by the ground  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 牛 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 牛 is used 147 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ギュウ : 88 words FIND ALL
ぎ ゅ う に ゅ う 0
noun
(cow's) milk
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うし : 46 words FIND ALL
う し 1
noun
1. cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
2. beef  (see also: 牛肉; usu. ぎゅう)
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ご: 13 words. FIND ALL
noun
Oriental bezoar
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An additional ⺧ less common words include 牛 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 108 (originally: 97)  Joy o' Kanji : 97  Key to Kanji: 197 

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牛
ギュウ   うし cow   
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