ushi

Animals in Japanese / Names List / Starting with u う

Translation

ushi means "Cow", "Bull" or "Cattle" in English.

  • Cow Terminology
    In English, a Cow is technically the term for female adult Cattle. The male Cow is called a Bull. In Japanese, ushi 牛 is gender-neutral, and refers to either a Cow or a Bull. The terms meushi 雌牛 and oushi 牡牛 refer to female and male Cattle specifically.
ushi written with kanji is 牛.
This is a jouyou kanji 常用漢字, taught in the second year of shougakkou 小学校.
ushi written with katakana is ウシ.
ushi written with hiragana is うし.
Romaji u shi
Hiraganaうし
Katakanaウシ
Kanji 牛
School Level 小２

Trivia

  • "Cowboy" in Japanese is kaubooi カウボーイ.
meushi 雌牛
meushi 雌牛
oushi 牡牛
oushi 牡牛

Synonyms

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Further Reading

Wikipedia: 牛 (Cow)
ushi-kamoshika 牛羚羊, entorebuhhā-kyatoru-doggu エントレブッハー・キャトル・ドッグ, oushi 牡牛, kyoseigyuu 去勢牛, koushi 子牛, kouji 子牛, chikugyuu 畜牛, chichiushi 乳牛, nyuugyuu 乳牛, nyuuyougyuu 乳用牛, burudoggu ブルドッグ, meushi 雌牛.