牛
Primary radical
牛 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 牡.
牛 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 牡.
土 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.
Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.
male animal; key, door bolt
牡 has 7 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.
牛 is the radical in 牡. It can provide a meaning-side clue.
牡丹 (mǔdan): tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa).