鵊

Meaning

Kanji 鵊

lesser cuckoo

lesser cuckoo, hototogisu, name of a bird, bird of the cuckoo family

Stroke Order

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Unicode code: U+9D4A

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ほととぎす
Onyomi 音読み
キョウコウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
18
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
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Similar Kanji
頰 • 鋏 • 夾 • 俠 • 匧 • 浹 • 陜

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

初夏の山で鵊の声を聞いた。

I heard a lesser cuckoo in the mountains in early summer.

鵊は昔から和歌によく詠まれてきた。

The hototogisu has long been a common subject in waka poetry.

図鑑では、鵊はカッコウ科の鳥とされている。

In the field guide, it is classified as a bird of the cuckoo family.

夜明け前に鵊がひと声鳴いた。

Before dawn, the lesser cuckoo called once.

私は鵊という字を古い文学作品で覚えた。

I learned that kanji from an old literary work.