Zi Collection, Upper Volume, Page 12, Entry 04 Radical: Ox (niú) Pronounced jian (rising tone). Originally written as 犍 (jiān). Sometimes also written in other forms. For detailed explanation, see the annotation for the character 犍 (jiān). In "Guang Ya (Guangya)", it is recorded that 䮪, 犗, 羯, 䍨, 豶, 猗, and 攻 all refer to castrated livestock. Zi Collection, Upper Volume, Page 12, Entry 05 Radical: Ox (niú) Pronounced he (falling tone). A type of ox.