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Kanji Detail for 犛 - "yak"

  • Meaning

    犛 means "yak."

    1. Yak - A mammal of the Bovidae family.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    black ox; yak

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a black ox, a yak

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    black ox; yak

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    犛牛 (yak). A type of cattle. Found in Lingtao, Gansu. Its tail hair is very long. Ancients took it to decorate banners. During the Qing dynasty, rain tassels were also made from it. The red color is dyed with madder juice. Also read like 釐.
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