牡
male
7 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2155.
Readings
- ボ (on reading): 種牡馬 (しゅぼば) (breeding) stallion; 牡馬 (ぼば) male horse
- お (kun reading): 牡牛 (おうし) bull; 牡鹿 (おじか) buck (male deer)
- ボウ (on reading)
- おす (kun reading)
- おん (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 牡蠣 (かき) oyster; 生牡蠣 (なまがき) raw oyster; 牡蠣飯 (かきめし) rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
Components
Words using 牡
- 種牡馬 (しゅぼば) (breeding) stallion
- 牡馬 (ぼば) male horse
- 牡丹雪 (ぼたんゆき) large snowflakes
- 牡丹 (ぼたん) tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
- 葉牡丹 (はぼたん) ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
- 牡蠣 (かき) oyster
- 生牡蠣 (なまがき) raw oyster
- 牡蠣飯 (かきめし) rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
- 焼き牡蠣 (やきがき) oysters cooked in the shell
- 岩牡蠣 (いわがき) Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
- 牡牛 (おうし) bull
- 牡鹿 (おじか) buck (male deer)
- 牡牛座 (おうしざ) Taurus (constellation)
- 牡羊座 (おひつじざ) Aries (constellation)
- 牡羊 (おひつじ) ram (sheep)
30 words in all.