Pinyin: niú

Basic Character Meaning:

Niu (pinyin: niú) is a commonly used Chinese character, which was first used in the Shang Dynasty, and whose ancient glyphs resemble the head of a cow with a pair of horns protruding. The original meaning of the character is ox, an animal of the family Bovidae. Cattle have the nature of hard work and endurance, so the derivation of tenacity, endurance, and refers to the stubbornness of the human temperament, refused to be easily tamed, which is to take the ox's temperament of the meaning of obstinacy. Ox also refers to the twenty-eight constellations of the Ox. Ox is also one of the family names.

The word "ox" is used as a left radical to write "husband". Characters that use ox as a character are mostly related to ox, such as calf, yak and mou. Some of them refer to livestock in general, such as: mu, jiang, treat.

The group words are as follows:

milk, cowhide, cow herding, cow planting, beef, snail, newton, steak, bullfighting, heavenly cow, burdock, brisket, sea cow, gadfly, cow's ear, cow's drink, ploughing cow, cow's hair, bullock, downer cow, cow's strength, bullock, bullock, cow's nature, cow's harness, cow's break, cow's boudoir, cow's ants, cowboys, golden cow, thousand cows,

Expanded Information

Character evolution

Group word explanation:

1, milk

Milk from a cow, also known as cow's milk.

2, cowhide

Metaphor for big talk.

3, cattle herding

To scatter cattle and live where they go.

4, breeding cattle

Cattle designed for breeding.

5. Beef

The meat of cull cows, dairy cows, or other adult cattle slaughtered for food.