Kanji 鳶 Words: Meanings and Readings

紙凧

たこ

kite

とび口

とびぐち

fire hook

とび工

とびこう

construction worker employed on scaffolding

とび職

とびしょく

firefighter (Edo period)

とび職人

とびしょくにん

scaffold constructor

とび色

とびいろ

reddish brown

ミシシッピー鳶

ミシシッピーとび

Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)

一八

いちはつ

wall iris

燕鳶

つばめとび

swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)

黒鳶色

くろとびいろ

reddish brown tinged with black

赤鳶

あかとび

red kite (Milvus milvus)

凧

いか

kite

昼鳶

ひるとび

pickpocketing

鳶

とび

Inverness cape

鳶えい

とびえい

Japanese eagle ray (Myliobatis tobijei)

鳶が鷹を生む

とびがたかをうむ

to have a talented child despite being untalented

鳶ズボン

とびズボン

construction worker's baggy trousers

鳶に油揚げをさらわれる

とびにあぶらあげをさらわれる

to be robbed of one's due

鳶の者

とびのもの

firefighter (Edo period)

鳶合羽

とんびがっぱ

Inverness cape

鳶子

とびこ

crane chaser

鳶足

とんびあし

sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground)

鳶飛魚躍

えんぴぎょやく

Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely

斑鳶えい

まだらとびえい

spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)

糞鳶

くそとび

common buzzard (Buteo buteo)