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Kanji Detail for 烏 - "crow, black"

烏

  • Meaning

    烏 means "crow, black." Also associated with alas.

    1. Crow - A bird of the crow family.

    2. Black - The color black.

    3. Alas - An exclamation of sorrow or wonder.

    4. Sun - The sun (containing the mythical crow).

    5. Question word - "How" or "why" in classical Chinese.

  • Four-character idioms with 烏

    • 愛及屋烏 あいきゅうおくう Listen infatuation; doting
    • 烏焉魯魚 うえんろぎょ Listen miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
    • 金烏玉兎 きんうぎょくと Listen sun and moon

  • Tattoo check: 烏

    • Verified meaning: crow, black
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いずくんぞ, からす)
    • Also carries these associations: alas

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 烏

    Surnames 烏(いずくんぞ)Listen 烏(からす)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    crow; raven

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    crow, rook, raven; black, dark

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc; surname Wu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    crow, rook, raven; black, dark

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A bird name. Commonly called crow. Pure black in color. It feeds its mother in return, hence filial piety is called 烏鳥之私 (the devotion of the crow). | Black is called 烏. As in calling a black horse 烏騅. | 烏呼. An exclamatory particle. Also written as 嗚呼 (alas). | 烏烏. The sound of singing, an onomatopoeia. | A particle. Meaning "where" or "how." As in 烏有, meaning "how can there be" or "where is there."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    o(オ) オ

    u(ウ) ウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    izuku.nzo(いずく-んぞ) いずく-んぞ

    karasu(からす) からす

    nanzo(なん-ぞ) なん-ぞ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    crow black alas raven bird dark sun ominous exclamation feather intelligent flock mythology

Sentences including 烏

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