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雌

feminine
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingめ-、めす、めん

Meanings

  1. feminine
    弟は森に入るやいなや、川をみつけて渡った。向こう岸には雌熊がいて、ぐっすり眠っていた。No sooner had the younger brother gone into the forest than he found the river, swam across it, and there on the other side was the she-bear, fast asleep.tatoeba
    雌豚の耳から絹の財布は作れない。You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.tatoeba
  2. femaleRtK
    カンガルーの雌は子供を腹の袋に入れて動く。A female kangaroo carries its young in the pouch.tatoeba
    著者たちはごく少数の種の雌も歌うと非常に明確に述べている。The authors state quite categorically that the female members of only a small number of species also sing.tatoeba
  1. female (animal, plant)

Synonyms

雄

Homonyms

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Same reading (めす)
召す · to call

Radicals and components

Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Prince · this here · stop (止) · footprint (止) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 605

Compound words

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 雌

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step