Kanji
丑
N1
4 strokes
Grade 9
freq #2305
sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign of Chinese zodiac
On'yomi (音読み)
チュウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
うし
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
丑
うし
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac)
乙丑
きのとうし
Wood Ox (2nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1925, 1985, 2045)
丑三つ
うしみつ
dead of the night; midnight
丑の年
うしのとし
year of the Ox
土用丑
どよううし
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
土用丑の日
どよううしのひ
midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
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
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
辛丑
かのとうし
Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)
己丑
つちのとうし
Earth Ox (26th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)