Kanji 啄 Words: Meanings and Readings

啄木

たくぼく

woodpecker

オリーブ姫啄木鳥

オリーブひめきつつき

olivaceous piculet (species of bird, Picumnus olivaceus)

そっ啄

そったく

being completely in sync (of a Zen master and apprentice)

そっ啄同時

そったくどうじ

timing is everything

烏啄骨

うたくこつ

coracoid

熊啄木鳥

くまげら

black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

汁吸啄木鳥

しるすいきつつき

yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

小赤啄木鳥

こあかげら

lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)

小啄木

こげら

pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)

赤啄木鳥

あかげら

great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

大赤啄木鳥

おおあかげら

white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)

啄

たく

seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong

啄ばむ

ついばむ

to pick at

啄木鳥

きつつき

woodpecker

団栗啄木鳥

どんぐりきつつき

acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

木叩

きたたき

white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)

野口啄木鳥

のぐちげら

Okinawa woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii)

緑啄木鳥

あおげら

Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera)

嘴細啄木鳥

はしぼそきつつき

northern flicker (species of bird, incl. the yellow-shafted flicker and the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus)