What does kanji 鷹 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 鷹 is hawk.

How is kanji 鷹 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 鷹 are たか; the onyomi readings are ヨウ, オウ.

What is the main radical of kanji 鷹?

The main radical for kanji 鷹 is 鳥.

What words use kanji 鷹?

Example words that use kanji 鷹 include 鷹, 鷹匠, 鷹の羽鯛, 鷹の爪.

JinmeiyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 1

鷹

Meaning

Kanji 鷹

hawk

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: たか
Onyomi 音読み: ヨウオウ
Nanori 名乗り: まさ

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #1676
Strokes: 24
Radical: 鳥
Components: 化 • 广 • 杰 • 隹 • 鳥
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 膺 • 應 • 譍 • 䧹 • 噟 • 鹰

Related vocabulary

Showing 31 common entries

Showing 31 of 34 entries that include this kanji.

鷹

たか

hawk

鷹匠

たかじょう

falconer

鷹の羽鯛

たかのはだい

spottedtail morwong (Goniistius zonatus)

鷹の爪

たかのつめ

Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree)

鷹化して鳩となる

たかかしてはととなる

one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th)

鷹詞

たかことば

falconry term

鷹狩

たかがり

falconry

鷹栖養護学校

たかすようごがっこう

Takasu Special Needs School (older name style)

鷹柱

たかばしら

group of buzzards (etc.) rising in an updraft (before the southward autumn migration)

鷹隼

ようしゅん

hawk and falcon

鷹野

たかの

falconry

鷹揚

おうよう

placid

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

鷹が空高く舞っている。

A hawk is soaring high in the sky.

あの鷹は鋭い目をしている。

That hawk has sharp eyes.

鷹が獲物をねらっている。

The hawk is targeting its prey.

山で大きな鷹を見た。

I saw a large hawk in the mountains.

鷹は小動物を捕まえる。

Hawks catch small animals.

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