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Kanji Detail for 鴉 - "crow, black"
鴉
- Meaning
鴉 means "crow, black."
Crow - A bird of the family Corvidae.
Black - The color black.
- 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, raven; Corvus species (various)
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
crow
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
crow; Corvus species (various)
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The crow. Pure black ones that feed their parents are called 烏. Smaller ones with white on the belly that don't feed their parents are called 鴉. | Black color is called 鴉. As in 鴉鬟 (crow-black hair), 鴉鬢 (crow-black sideburns).
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
昼間見ると、その鴉が何羽となく輪を描いて、高い鴟尾のまわりを啼きながら、飛びまわっている。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
ただ、所々、崩れかかった、そうしてその崩れ目に長い草のはえた石段の上に、鴉の糞が、点々と白くこびりついているのが見える。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
その時、その喉から、鴉の啼くような声が、喘ぎ喘ぎ、下人の耳へ伝わって来た。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo