Read Edit View history 牛 niúNiú HSK1 cow Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of the head of a cow. Pinyin Separate values with commas niú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 牛 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 314, 694 ], [ 346, 654 ], [ 336, 626 ], [ 292, 540 ], [ 249, 485 ], [ 207, 448 ] ], [ [ 341, 555 ], [ 427, 558 ], [ 568, 584 ], [ 678, 614 ], [ 735, 612 ] ], [ [ 116, 315 ], [ 153, 306 ], [ 185, 306 ], [ 425, 348 ], [ 824, 396 ], [ 883, 388 ], [ 922, 375 ] ], [ [ 477, 828 ], [ 494, 826 ], [ 518, 811 ], [ 541, 782 ], [ 529, 492 ], [ 523, -62 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 343 575 Q 344 576 345 577 Q 369 617 390 649 Q 400 662 385 678 Q 337 711 311 706 Q 299 703 303 688 Q 321 615 236 498 Q 227 494 197 449 Q 188 433 204 438 Q 220 441 242 458 Q 297 501 331 554 L 343 575 Z", "M 559 559 Q 736 596 742 601 Q 752 610 747 619 Q 740 632 708 640 Q 677 647 643 635 Q 601 622 561 610 L 504 597 Q 431 582 347 576 Q 343 576 343 575 C 313 571 310 571 331 554 Q 364 521 441 537 Q 471 543 503 548 L 559 559 Z", "M 556 343 Q 676 356 843 356 Q 877 356 906 357 Q 931 357 936 368 Q 943 381 923 399 Q 853 451 786 429 Q 692 411 556 387 L 501 379 Q 326 354 119 327 Q 94 324 113 303 Q 129 287 152 281 Q 177 274 197 280 Q 318 314 455 331 Q 476 335 501 337 L 556 343 Z", "M 501 337 Q 491 -35 512 -68 Q 527 -84 536 -62 Q 557 -14 556 343 L 556 387 Q 557 486 559 559 L 561 610 Q 564 746 584 778 Q 593 799 573 815 Q 548 834 503 847 Q 482 853 469 838 Q 459 829 472 817 Q 503 790 505 753 Q 505 692 504 597 L 503 548 Q 502 458 501 379 L 501 337 Z" ] } 4 strokes 牛 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 310, 700 ], [ 348, 648 ], [ 275, 516 ], [ 200, 446 ] ], [ [ 335, 564 ], [ 401, 556 ], [ 744, 615 ] ], [ [ 112, 319 ], [ 172, 306 ], [ 806, 395 ], [ 934, 378 ] ], [ [ 472, 834 ], [ 545, 780 ], [ 523, -68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M343,575C352,592 375,628 390,649C396,658 396,669 385,678C354,702 328,710 311,706C302,705 300,698 303,688C315,640 295,575 236,498C232,493 216,480 197,449C190,439 193,436 204,438C214,441 227,447 242,458C278,487 314,526 331,554C339,568 339,568 343,575Z", "M559,559C677,583 738,598 742,601C748,607 750,613 747,619C742,628 729,635 708,640C687,645 665,643 643,635C615,626 588,617 561,610C523,601 523,601 504,597C455,586 369,576 343,575C335,575 325,560 331,554C353,532 389,527 441,537C461,542 481,544 503,548C540,555 540,555 559,559Z", "M556,343C636,352 731,356 843,356C865,356 886,357 906,357C922,358 932,361 936,368C940,377 937,388 923,399C877,435 831,441 786,429C724,414 647,401 556,387C519,382 519,382 501,379C384,362 257,345 119,327C102,325 100,317 113,303C123,292 136,286 152,281C168,277 183,277 197,280C277,303 363,319 455,331C469,333 484,336 501,337C538,341 538,341 556,343Z", "M501,337C501,89 496,-47 512,-68C520,-79 529,-76 536,-62C549,-29 556,105 556,343C556,372 556,372 556,387C556,453 557,511 559,559C560,593 560,593 561,610C564,701 571,756 584,778C591,792 586,805 573,815C556,828 533,839 503,847C489,852 478,848 469,838C462,832 463,825 472,817C492,799 504,778 505,753C505,713 505,661 504,597C503,564 503,564 503,548C501,488 501,432 501,379C501,351 501,351 501,337Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.