Kanji: 丑

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level Pre-1 (covers about 3,000 Kanji)
Grade:	Special Kanji used in Japanese names
Radical:	一 Radical name: いち
Meaning:	Sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign of Chinese zodiac
Usage:	Appears rarely in Japanese newspapers; about 2300 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
none	丑(うし)の日(ひ)	lit., "day of the ox" (in the old Japanese calendar, the hottest day of the year)