Kanji Detail for 雌 - "female, weak, gentle"

雌

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
雌 means "female, weak, gentle."
1. Female - Female of animals; female of plants.
2. Weak - Feeble; powerless.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

feminine; female

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

female; feminine; gentle, soft

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

female; feminine; gentle, soft

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

The female of the bird family. The female of beasts is also sometimes called 雌. | Soft and weak. As in 守雌 (keeping feminine humility), 雌伏 (lying low).
Onyomi

shi(シ)
Kunyomi

me(め)

me.su(めす)

men(めん)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

隹 (furutori)
Related Keywords
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