牛: CowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ギュウ)

• 牛乳ぎゅうにゅう(cow's) milk
• 牛肉ぎゅうにくbeef
• 牛歩ぎゅうほsnail's pace; slow progress
• 和牛わぎゅうWagyu beef; Japanese beef
• 乳牛にゅうぎゅうdairy cow; dairy cattle
• 水牛すいぎゅうwater buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo
• 牛丼ぎゅうどんgyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
• 牛耳るぎゅうじるto control; to take the lead in
• 牛舎ぎゅうしゃcow shed; cattle barn
• 牛車ぎゅうしゃox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
• 牛馬ぎゅうばhorses and cattle
• 肉牛にくぎゅうbeef cattle
• 闘牛とうぎゅうbullfighting; bullfight
• アフリカ水牛アフリカすいぎゅうAfrican buffalo (Syncerus caffer); Cape buffalo
• アメリカ野牛アメリカやぎゅうAmerican bison (Bison bison); buffalo
• インド水牛インドすいぎゅうIndian buffalo
• コーヒー牛乳コーヒーぎゅうにゅうcoffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
• ステラー海牛ステラーかいぎゅうSteller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
• ブランド牛肉ブランドぎゅうにくbranded beef
• ホモ牛乳ホモぎゅうにゅうhomogenized milk; homogenised milk
• 九牛の一毛きゅうぎゅうのいちもうmere fraction; drop in the bucket
• 九牛一毛きゅうぎゅういちもうa drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of)
• 乳用牛にゅうようぎゅうmilk cow; dairy cattle
• 乾燥牛乳かんそうぎゅうにゅうpowdered milk
• 保証牛乳ほしょうぎゅうにゅうcertified milk
• 前庭蝸牛神経ぜんていかぎゅうしんけいvestibulocochlear nerve
• 割鶏牛刀かっけいぎゅうとうusing a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut
• 十牛じゅうぎゅうTen Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
• 原牛げんぎゅうaurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
• 吉牛よしぎゅうYoshinoya gyudon (beef on rice)
• 呉牛ごぎゅうwater buffalo
• 呉牛月に喘ぐごぎゅうつきにあえぐto be overanxious; to worry needlessly
• 屠牛とぎゅうcattle slaughter (for food)
• 山水牛やますいぎゅうmountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
• 役牛えきぎゅうwork cow; work cattle
• 成分無調整牛乳せいぶんむちょうせいぎゅうにゅうnonhomogenized milk; unhomogenized milk
• 成分調整牛乳せいぶんちょうせいぎゅうにゅうhomogenized milk

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 牛うしcattle (Bos taurus); cow
• 子牛こうしcalf; small cow
• 小牛こうしcalf; small cow
• 仔牛こうしcalf; small cow
• 仔牛肉こうしにくveal
• 去勢牛きょせいうしox; bullock
• 商いは牛のよだれあきないはうしのよだれone should not rush to make a profit; business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)
• 商いは牛の涎あきないはうしのよだれone should not rush to make a profit; business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)
• 子牛肉こうしにくveal
• 斑牛まだらうしbrindled ox; spotted cow
• 暗がりから牛を引き出すくらがりからうしをひきだすto drive black hogs in the dark; to be unable to distinguish one thing from another
• 暴れ牛あばれうしrestive bull (esp. in bull riding)
• 松阪牛まつさかうしMatsusaka beef
• 母牛ははうしcow

Other readings

• 蝸牛かたつむりsnail
• きんぴら牛蒡きんぴらごぼうkinpira gobō; braised burdock root
• 三条蝸牛みすじまいまいEuhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)
• 但馬牛たじまうしTajima cow (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima cattle
• 叩き牛蒡たたきごぼうburdock root seasoned with sesame
• 土牛蒡つちごぼうgreat burdock sold covered with soil
• 天牛かみきりむしlong-horned beetle
• 女賢しくて牛売り損なうおんなさかしくてうしうりそこなうwomen are not as clever as they think; women should know their place
• 暴牛あばれうしrestive bull (esp. in bull riding)

Showing the 60 most common of 211 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 牛

• 肉
• 乳
• 角
• 馬
• 舌
• 海
• 屋
• 水
• 毛
• 神