1234Keywordsign of the cowsign of the ox or cow1-3AMsecond sign of Chinese zodiacFrequency#2305Strokes4Grade9JLPT (old)N1Heisig2197Readingsうし100%Stroke orderUsed in kanji忸shame扭turn狃get used to杻ligustrum sinenese峱name of a mountain紐string衄nosebleed羞embarrassment鈕buttonUsed in vocabulary丑うしthe Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac)Noun丑うしの日ひday of the Ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter)Expression丑うし三みつdead of the night; midnightNoun丑うし寅とらnortheastNoun丑うしの刻こく参まいりcursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's deathExpression