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Kanji Detail for 鳩 - "dove"
鳩
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Meaning
鳩 means "dove." Also associated with to gather, to settle.
Dove - A bird of the pigeon family.
To gather - To collect; to unite.
To calm - To stabilize; to settle.
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Four-character idioms with 鳩
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鳩首凝議
きゅうしゅぎょうぎ
put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)
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鳩首協議
きゅうしゅきょうぎ
put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)
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鳩首謀議
きゅうしゅぼうぎ
go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire
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鳩首凝議
きゅうしゅぎょうぎ
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Origin of 鳩
九, which lends the reading kyu, beside 鳥, the bird: the dove and the pigeon share this one character in Japanese. Messenger of Hachiman, and, following the West, the bird of peace in the postwar years.
How to remember it: The bird 鳥 that coos a nine 九 — hato, dove and pigeon both.
Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com
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Tattoo check: 鳩
- Verified meaning: dove
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, きゅう, く, はーと)
- Also carries these associations: to gather, to settle
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.
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Name readings of 鳩
Given names 鳩(おさむ)
鳩(はーと)
鳩(はと)
Surnames 鳩(きゅう)
鳩(く)
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Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pigeon; dove
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pigeon, dove; collect, assemble
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
turtledove; (literary) to gather
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
pigeon; to collect, to assemble
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A type of bird. Small head with protruding chest. Short tail. Large long wings. Good at flying. Such as turtle doves and spotted doves are all called 鳩鴿類 (dove family). Their nature is clumsy at nest-building. Hence also used as a metaphor for those unable to manage household affairs. Also, as a bird that doesn't choke, in ancient times the handles of elderly people's canes were carved in dove shape. Found in the "Book of Later Han." | To gather. As in saying construction work is 鳩工庀材 (gathering workers and materials). | 鳩胸. Chest protruding like a dove. Also, starving people are described as 鳩形鵠面 (dove-shaped with crane face). Meaning the abdomen is sunken while the chest bone protrudes.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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