What does kanji 鵜 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 鵜 is cormorant.

How is kanji 鵜 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 鵜 are う; the onyomi readings are ダイ, テイ.

What words use kanji 鵜?

Example words that use kanji 鵜 include 鵜, 鵜のみ, 鵜のみにする, 鵜の目鷹の目.

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鵜

Meaning

Kanji 鵜

cormorant

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: う
Onyomi 音読み: ダイテイ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: #2118
Strokes: 18
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 鮷 • 鬀 • 豑 • 銻 • 弟 • 剃 • 俤

Related vocabulary

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Showing 15 of 15 entries that include this kanji.

鵜

う

cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

鵜のみ

うのみ

swallowing without chewing

鵜のみにする

うのみにする

to swallow (e.g. a story)

鵜の目鷹の目

うのめたかのめ

eyes of a predator

鵜飼

うかい

cormorant fisherman

鵜匠

うしょう

cormorant fisherman

鵜松明樺

うだいかんば

monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana)

ガラパゴス小羽鵜

ガラパゴスこばねう

flightless cormorant

ヨーロッパ姫鵜

ヨーロッパひめう

European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

海鵜

うみう

Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)

耳姫鵜

みみひめう

double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

小羽鵜

こばねう

short-winged cormorant

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

鵜は魚を捕るのが上手な鳥です。

A cormorant is a bird that is good at catching fish.

川辺で鵜が羽を広げていた。

A cormorant was spreading its wings by the riverside.

その池には鵜が何羽もいる。

There are many cormorants in that pond.

鵜が水にもぐった。

The cormorant dived into the water.

遠くに黒い鵜が見えた。

A black cormorant could be seen in the distance.

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