Kanken 1
嚆

Meaning

Kanji 嚆

call

call

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
さけ.ぶ
Onyomi 音読み
コウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
16
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
蒿 • 藁 • 藳

Related vocabulary

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嚆矢

こうし

whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は助けを求めて嚆いた。

He shouted for help.

門の外で子どもが母を嚆んだ。

A child called for his mother outside the gate.

夜明け前、鶏が高く嚆いた。

Before dawn, the rooster cried out loudly.

遠くの山で獣が嚆いた。

A beast howled in the distant mountains.

汽笛が長く嚆いて、船は港を離れた。

The ship's whistle sounded long, and the vessel left the harbor.