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Chinese symbol for “bull”

公牛
gōng niú
bull

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bull is 公牛 (gōng niú), defined as: bull.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
牛 niú
ox, cow, bull
radical 93 ⽜ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bull”

WordPinyinMeaning
牛niúox; cow
牡牛mǔ niúbull
牤māngbull; see 牤牛 (māng niú)
牤牛māng niúbull

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公牛.

WordPinyinMeaning
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
公民gōng míncitizen
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
公里gōng lǐkilometer
牛奶niú nǎicow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi)
牛肉niú ròubeef
牛顿 (牛頓)niú dùnnewton (SI unit of force)

See also: Japanese symbol for “bull”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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