Kanji Detail for 啄 - "peck"

啄

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

啄 means "peck." Also associated with tap, beak.
1. Peck - For a bird to strike with its beak.
2. Tap - To knock lightly; to strike repeatedly.
3. Beak - A bird's bill.
Four-character idioms with 啄
- 啐啄同時そったくどうじ timing is everything; don't jump the gun
Tattoo check: 啄
- Verified meaning: peck
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read たく)
- Also carries these associations: tap, beak
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 啄

Given names 啄(たく)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

peck; pick up

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

to peck; (Cant.) to slander

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to peck

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to peck

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

Birds eating.
Onyomi

taku(タク)

toku(トク)

tsuku(ツク)
Kunyomi

tsuiba.mu(ついば-む)

tsutsu.ku(つつ-く)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

口 (kuchi・kuchihen)
Related Keywords

peck tap beak calligraphic stroke pick at nibble bird bill jab poke prod scratch bite

僕は啄木の詩の多くを暗記した。
I learned many of Takuboku's poems by heart.
私は詩人、たとえば啄木が好きである。
I like poets, such as Takuboku.
「何の音かしら？」「啄木鳥のようだね」
"What's that sound?" "It sounds like a woodpecker."
啄木鳥は、冬に向けてドングリを集めています。
The woodpecker is gathering acorns for the winter.
ひとの声に似た不気味な鳴き声、漆黒の羽、死肉を啄む姿などから、鴉は不幸に舞い降りる不吉な鳥として世界に知られています。
A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.