牝 — Chinese character
牝
pìn
female animal; keyhole; valley
- Pinyin
- pìn
- Radical
- 93 ⽜ (Cow)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 牛 匕
- Formation
- pictophonetic — cow; meaning component 牛; sound component 匕
- Japanese
- 牝 as a kanji
Common words with 牝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牝牡 | pìn mǔ | male and female |
| 牝牡骊黄 (牝牡驪黃) | pìn mǔ lí huáng | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance |
| 牝鸡司晨 (牝雞司晨) | pìn jī sī chén | female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority; women meddle in politics |
| 骊黄牝牡 (驪黃牝牡) | lí huáng pìn mǔ | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance |
牝 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · I Ching 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.