HSK 3 · Animals & Nature

牛

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cow; ox

Stroke order of 牛

牛 is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

The 牛 looks like a cow head with horns and a body line.

Parts: 牛, pictograph of a cow

Example sentence

农民有一头牛。

The farmer has a cow.

Words with 牛

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