Kanji
雌
N1
14 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1951
feminine, female
On'yomi (音読み)
シ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
め-、 めす、 めん
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
雌雄
しゆう
male and female (animals); the two sexes
雌花
めばな
female flower; pistillate flower
雌蛭木
めひるぎ
Kandelia obovata (species of mangrove)
雌黄
しおう
orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it)
雌日芝
めひしば
southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
雌性配偶体
しせいはいぐうたい
female gametophyte; megagametophyte
雌性発生
しせいはっせい
gynogenesis
雌刈萱
めがるかや
Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)
雌
め
female
雌松
めまつ
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
雌
めす
female (animal, plant)
雌鳥歌えば家滅ぶ
めんどりうたえばいえほろぶ
women should not rule over men; it is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock
雌の万年草
めのまんねんぐさ
Sedum rupifragum (species of stonecrop)
雌雄モザイク
しゆうモザイク
gynandromorph
雌雄を決する
しゆうをけっする
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
雌子牛
めすこうし
female calf; young heifer
Example sentences
弟(おとうと)は森(もり)に入(はい)るやいなや、川(かわ)をみつけて渡(わた)った。向こう岸(むこうぎし)には雌(めす)熊(くま)がいて、ぐっすり眠(ねむ)っていた。
No sooner had the younger brother gone into the forest than he found the river, swam across it, and there on the other side was the she-bear, fast asleep.
雌豚(めぶた)の耳(みみ)から絹(きぬ)の財布(さいふ)は作(つく)れない。
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
著者(ちょしゃ)たちはごく少数(しょうすう)の種(たね)の雌(めす)も歌(うた)うと非常(ひじょう)に明確(めいかく)に述(の)べている。
The authors state quite categorically that the female members of only a small number of species also sing.
私(わたし)は、雌(めす)猫(ねこ)を飼(か)ってるよ。
I keep a female cat.