丑
- Meaning
- sign of the ox or cow 1-3AM second sign of Chinese zodiac
- On reading
- チュウ
- Kun reading
- うし
- Nanori
- ひろ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 1
- Grade
- 9
- JLPT
- 1
- Frequency
- 2305
Stroke order
Words using 丑
- 丑 うし — the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac)
- 丑年 うしどし — year of the Ox
- 丑寅 うしとら — northeast
- 丑の刻 うしのこく — hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am)
- 丑三つ時 うしみつどき — dead of night
- 癸丑 みずのとうし — Water Ox (50th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033)
- 草木も眠る丑三つ時 くさきもねむるうしみつどき — dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
- 丑の日 うしのひ — day of the Ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter)
- 土用の丑の日 どようのうしのひ — midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
- 乙丑 きのとうし — Wood Ox (2nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1925, 1985, 2045)
- 丁丑 ひのとのうし — Fire Ox (14th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057)
- 己丑 つちのとうし — Earth Ox (26th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)
- 辛丑 かのとうし — Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)
- 丑の時参り うしのときまいり — cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
- 丑の刻参り うしのこくまいり — cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
- 土用丑の日 どよううしのひ — midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
- 土用丑 どよううし — day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season)
- 丑の年 うしのとし — year of the Ox
- 丑三つ うしみつ — dead of the night