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

pimp

乳牛

ちうじ

dairy cow

水牛

すいぎゅう

water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

子牛

こうじ

calf

蝸牛

かたつむり

snail

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

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.

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牽牛 Kengyu