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Kanji Detail for 鳶 - "kite, construction worker, firefighting tool"

鳶

  • Meaning

    鳶 means "kite, construction worker, firefighting tool."

    1. Kite - A bird of prey of the hawk family.

    2. Construction worker - Workers who work at heights (abbreviated).

    3. Firefighting tool - A hooked tool for firefighting (abbreviated).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    black kite; fireman; hook

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    kite; Milvus species (various)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    kite (small hawk)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    kite; Milvus species (various)

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

    A bird of prey. A type of hawk with a shorter beak and longer tail. Colloquially called 鷂鷹 (harrier hawk). | 紙鳶. A plaything. Also called a kite.
  • Onyomitip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomitip

    tobi(とび) とび

    tonbi(とんび) とんび

  • Strokestip

    14 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    鳥 (tori・torihen)

  • Related Keywords
    kite construction worker firefighting tool hawk bird of prey raptor soaring flight sky beak talons glide heights

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