Kanken 1
喙

Meaning

Kanji 喙

beak

beak

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
がいくちばし
Onyomi 音読み
カイ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
12
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
掾 • 堟 • 椽 • 瑑 • 盠 • 彖 • 褖

Related vocabulary

5 common entries

Showing 5 of 5 entries that include this kanji.

嘴

くちばし

beak

交喙

いすか

common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

容喙

ようかい

interference

いすかの嘴

いすかのはし

(something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected)

烏喙骨

うかいこつ

coracoid

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

小鳥の喙は黄色い。

The little bird's beak is yellow.

その鳥は長い喙を持っている。

That bird has a long beak.

鷹は鋭い喙でえさを引き裂く。

A hawk tears its food with its sharp beak.

ひなが喙を大きく開けて鳴いている。

The chick is chirping with its beak wide open.

ペンギンの喙は思ったより硬い。

A penguin's beak is harder than I expected.