Vocabulary

九牛一毛

Meaning

small fraction (of) drop in the bucket and drop in the ocean

Practice Writing

Character: 1/4
Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

九牛一毛
small fraction (of), drop in the bucket, drop in the ocean
きゅうぎゅうのいちもう
九
nine
ここの, ここの.つ, キュウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
乙
the latter, duplicate, strange...
おと-, きのと, オツ
牛
cow
うし, ギュウ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
毛
fur, hair, feather...
け, モウ
書

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