漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
鷹: hawk
JLPT N124 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
广 and 鳥 carry the meaning · 雁 is drawn in
24 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
オウou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鷹揚おうようlarge-hearted; generous; liberal
たかtaka · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鷹たかhawk; falcon
- 鷹匠たかじょうfalconer; hawker
Also read ヨウ, 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
“See the bird perched on a branch, ready to take flight! The top horizontal line is the head, the box with a dot is the sharp eye, and the strokes below show the beautiful feathers of the wings and tail.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 鹰 · traditional, as in Japanese · yīng
Japan keeps the traditional form 鷹; mainland China simplifies it to 鹰.
- Simplified
- 鹰 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鷹 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yīng 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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