牛 (pinyin niú, "cow") is an HSK 2 Mandarin character with 4 strokes, built on the radical 牛.
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牛
Newniú
cow
Tone 2 · Second tone (rising)
Radical
牛
Strokes
4
HSK
2 · tier 2c
Commonly confused with
Characters this one is often mistaken for — same number of strokes, similar silhouette, single-component differences. Curated, not derived.
Radical family
Other characters built on the same radical 牛. Often shares meaning category.
Pinyin neighbors
Characters with the same rime -iou, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.