Word Meaning 牽牛

けんぎゅう kengyuu

牽牛 is read as けんぎゅう (kengyuu) and means Altair (star in the constellation Aquila).

Meaning

English

Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)
Alpha Aquilae

Reading

Kana

けんぎゅう

Romaji

kengyuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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牽牛子

けんごし

morning glory seeds (medicinal use)

牽牛星

けんぎゅうせい

Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)

牛

ぎゅう

cattle (Bos taurus)

乳牛

にゅうぎゅう

dairy cow

子牛

こうし

calf

水牛

すいぎゅう

water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

和牛

わぎゅう

Wagyu beef

闘牛

とうぎゅう

fighting bull

肉牛

にくぎゅう

beef cattle

蝸牛

かたつむり

snail

米沢牛

よねざわぎゅう

Yonezawa beef

見島牛

みしまうし

Mishima cattle

Example Sentences

七夕の夜、牽牛と織姫が会う。

たなばたのよる、けんぎゅうとおりひめがあう。

on the night of tanabata, altair and vega meet.