Kanji1 / 12
雄 kanji
masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ユウ
Kun readings
お-おすおん
Words with 雄
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —英雄伝説Legend of Heroes (video game series)
- —悲劇の英雄tragic hero
- —国民的英雄national hero; hero of the nation
- —雄性配偶体male gametophyte; microgametophyte
- —英雄交響曲Eroica Symphony (Beethoven)
- —雄性ホルモンmale hormone
- —英雄色を好むgreat men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures
- —雌雄モザイクgynandromorph
- —雌雄を決するto have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
- —両雄並び立たずif two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist
- —沈黙は金雄弁は銀speech is silver, silence is golden
- —雄弁は銀、沈黙は金speech is silver, silence is golden
- —雄壮heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
- —雄猛daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
- —雄辯eloquence; fluency (of speech)
- —雄篇masterpiece
- —雄気堂堂with heroic drive and boundless energy
- —雄心勃勃aspiring; ambitious