雌
雌 — Feminine
feminine, female
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomiめ- (me)
Kun’yomiめす (mesu)
Kun’yomiめん (men)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 雌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雌 | めす mesu | female (animal, plant) |
| 雌雄 | しゆう shiyuu | male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat |
| 雌花 | めばな mebana | female flower; pistillate flower |
Study notes
雌 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1951 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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