Word Meaning 窮鳥

きゅうちょう kyuuchou

窮鳥 is read as きゅうちょう (kyuuchou) and means cornered bird.

Meaning

English

  1. cornered bird

Reading

Kana

きゅうちょう

Romaji

kyuuchou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136385 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さず

きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず

even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter

窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず

きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず

even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter

窮屈

きゅうくつ

tight (e.g. finances)

窮乏

きゅうぼう

poverty

窮地

きゅうち

dilemma

窮状

きゅうじょう

distress

窮余

きゅうよ

extremity

窮余の一策

きゅうよのいっさく

desperate measure

窮措大

きゅうそだい

poor student (scholar)

窮民

きゅうみん

poor people

窮余の策

きゅうよのさく

desperate measure

窮すれば通ず

きゅうすればつうず

necessity is the mother of invention