牛 · niú

दृश्य संकेत

A horned ox head shape; on the left it often becomes 牜.

इस्तेमाल

Often relates to cattle, livestock, or strength.

अध्ययन नोट्स

The radical 牛/牜 helps identify some characters about livestock and traits.

• 午: 牛 has a vertical stroke passing below the horizontal; 午 stops at the lower horizontal.
• 牜: 牜 is the left-side variant of 牛, used as a component in compound characters.