漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
雛: chick, squab
Also: duckling, doll
JLPT N118 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 芻(form)
- 隹old bird(meaning)
隹 carries the meaning · 芻 is drawn in
18 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ひなhina · kun'yomi · on its own
- 雛ひなyoung bird; chick; fledgling
- 雛祭りひなまつりHinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri
- 雛形ひながたmodel; miniature; pattern
Also read スウ, ス, ジュ, ひよこ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at those folded wings and that sturdy little body! This is the bird that rests on the garden branches and chirps at dawn.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read スウ
4 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ス
12 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ジュ
12 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 雏 · traditional, as in Japanese · chú
Japan keeps the traditional form 雛; mainland China simplifies it to 雏.
- Simplified
- 雏 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 雛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chú 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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