Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 雄


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Meaning

male, masculine, powerful, hero, leader

Pronunciation


osu, o-

Explanation

From left: upper-arm 厷 (ten , nose ), bird

Mnemonic

The ten-nose-bird is the male and the female is the stop-and-sit-bird.

Radicals

nose(Is typically understood as a nose in a sideview which is directed to the left.)
bird(Two symbols are equally used for bird, namely and .)
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Vocabulary

雌雄 雌雄 male and female (animals), the two sexes;
英雄 えいゆう hero/great man
おす male (animal)

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