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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

啄: peck, pick up

JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 豕 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

タクtaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 啄木たくぼくwoodpecker
  • 啄たくseventh principle of the Eight Principles…
  • そっ啄そったくonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Also read ツク, トク, ついばむ, つつく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
More in the 口 mouth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

All 108
豕

Also built on pig (豕)

All 9

Also read タク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read トク

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
啄 peck · 口
vs家 house · 宀
啄 has 口 where 家 has 宀.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhuó

Same form: 啄 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
啄 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
啄 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhuó most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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