Kanji Detail for 鵜 - "cormorant, bird, fishing"

鵜

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
鵜 means "cormorant, bird, fishing."
1. Cormorant - A diving bird used in fishing.
2. Pelican - A large water bird.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

cormorant

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

pelican

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

used in 鵜鶘|鹈鹕[ti2 hu2]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

pelican

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

鵜鶘 (pelican). A water bird. Gray-white color. Like a gray ■. When old, gradually becomes reddish. Small head. Long beak. Has a pouch under the jaw. When it catches fish, it stores them there. Short feet. Fishermen often raise them. Colloquially called 淘河.
Onyomi

tei(てい)
Kunyomi

u(う)
Strokes

18 strokes
Radical

鳥 (tori・torihen)
Related Keywords
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