Japanese symbol for “buffalo”
野牛
やぎゅう
Romaji: yagyuu
buffalo
In Japanese, buffalo is 野牛, read やぎゅう (yagyuu).
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Meanings
- n buffalo
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “buffalo”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| バッファロー | バッファロー baffaroo | buffalo |
| アメリカ野牛 | アメリカやぎゅう amerikayagyuu | American bison (Bison bison); buffalo |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野球 | やきゅう yakyuu | baseball |
| 分野 | ぶんや bun'ya | field; sphere; realm |
| 野菜 | やさい yasai | vegetable |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party; the opposition |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view |
| 平野 | へいや heiya | plain; open field |
| 牛乳 | ぎゅうにゅう gyuunyuu | (cow's) milk |
| 牛肉 | ぎゅうにく gyuuniku | beef |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.