Word Meaning

けり keri

鳧 is read as けり (keri) and means gray-headed lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus).

Meaning

English

  1. gray-headed lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus)
  2. grey-headed lapwing

Reading

Kana

けり

Romaji

keri

Writing Variants

  • 計里 けり keri

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

5

いけにかもがにわいた。

There were two wild ducks in the pond.

あさはやくかもがみなもをしずかにおよいでいた。

Early in the morning, the wild duck was swimming quietly on the water.

このぶんではふがけつまつといういみでつかわれている。

In this sentence, that character is used with the meaning end.

ふるいぶんぽうしょではふをじょじのひとつとしてせつめいしている。

In an old grammar book, that character is explained as one kind of suffix-like element.

せんせいはふというじのふるいようほうもしょうかいした。

The teacher also introduced the old usages of that character.