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牛 — stroke order

niú
ㄋㄧㄡˊ
Meaning
ox
Strokes
4
Radical
Practise 牛 in the full tool →

Watch how to write (niú) stroke by stroke. 牛 has 4 strokes and means “ox”. It appears in common words such as 牛奶 (cow's milk) and 金牛 (Taurus). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 牛

The most common words that use 牛 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

牛奶niúnǎicow's milk金牛jīnniúTaurus牛肉niúròubeef牛逼niúbīawesome牛仔褲niúzǎikùjeans牛排niúpáisteak

How 牛 is written

Radical
Formation
Pictographic — An ox's horned head.

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