十牛図 じゅうぎゅうず Meanings Noun Ten Ox-Herding Pictures (ten images and accompanying short poems in Zen iconography that use the herding of an ox as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment) Kanji 十 ten. Read as ジュウ. 牛 cow. Read as ギュウ. 図 diagram. Read as ズ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists