What does kanji 鴎 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 鴎 is seagull.

How is kanji 鴎 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 鴎 are かもめ; the onyomi readings are オウ.

What words use kanji 鴎?

Example words that use kanji 鴎 include 鴎, 鴎髱, フルマ鴎, 黄足背黒鴎.

Pre-Level 1

鴎

Meaning

Kanji 鴎

seagull

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: かもめ
Onyomi 音読み: オウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 鷗 (Formal) , 鸥 (Itaiji) , 䳼 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: #2187
Strokes: 15
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 駆 • 𨸟 • 区 • 呕 • 欧 • 殴 • 枢

Related vocabulary

Showing 15 common entries

Showing 15 of 15 entries that include this kanji.

鴎

かまめ

common gull (Larus canus)

鴎髱

かもめづと

chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers (Edo-period women's hairstyle)

フルマ鴎

フルマかもめ

northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

黄足背黒鴎

きあしせぐろかもめ

Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans)

黒盗賊鴎

くろとうぞくかもめ

parasitic jaeger

三指鴎

みつゆびかもめ

black-legged kittiwake

笑い鴎

わらいかもめ

laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

大フルマ鴎

おおフルマかもめ

giant petrel (esp. the southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus)

盗賊鴎

とうぞくかもめ

skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers)

背黒鴎

せぐろかもめ

herring gull (Larus argentatus)

白腹盗賊鴎

しろはらとうぞくかもめ

long-tailed jaeger

斑フルマ鴎

まだらフルマかもめ

Cape pigeon

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

鴎が海の上を低く飛んでいる。

A seagull is flying low over the sea.

朝、港で鴎の声が聞こえた。

This morning, I heard a seagull at the harbor.

その鴎は船のあとを追ってきた。

That seagull followed the boat behind us.

子どもたちは浜辺で鴎を見て喜んだ。

The children were happy to see seagulls on the beach.

鴎が魚をくわえて飛び去った。

The seagull flew away with a fish in its beak.

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