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grand

HSK 5 N1
xióng
ユウ
お-、おす、おん
Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 厷 represents the sound.
Components
Phonetic component
gōng Fore-Arm Forearm
the fore-arm
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Meaning component
zhuī Short-Tailed Bird
bird
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[xióng]
male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
Japanese
同音

n-pref

  1. male
  2. manly; brave; heroic
  3. larger (of the two); greater

noun

  1. archaic man
  2. archaic husband
ゆう 同音

noun

  1. male; man
  2. excellence; greatness; best (of); great person; leading figure
おす おん オス 同音
nounadj-no usually kana male (animal, plant)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
あくつ
Akutsu surname
O place name
おさき
Osaki surname
おさち
Osachi unclassified name
おんどり
Ondori unclassified name
すぐる
Suguru given name
たけし
Takeshi given name
つよし
Tsuyoshi male given name
ゆう
female given namesurname
ゆうじ
Yūji unclassified name