• 雌め・雌めす — female (of animals)
• 雌雄しゆう — male and female; the two sexes
• 雌花しばな — pistillate (female) flower
• 雌鳥めんどり — hen
• 雌猫めすねこ — female cat
• 雌犬めすいぬ — female dog

雌 combines the bird radical 隹 with the phonetic 此 (シ), giving the reading “shi.” It labels the female of a species (animals, sometimes plants). As a word, め/めす is used for animals; in compounds like 雌雄 it contrasts with 雄 (male).