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Kanji Detail for 鴟 - "kite, owl"

  • Meaning

    鴟 means "kite, owl."

    1. Kite - A large brown raptor of the family Accipitridae.

    2. Owl - A bird of the family Strigidae; an eared owl.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    kite

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    kite, horned owl; wine cups

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    kite, horned owl; wine cups

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

    角鴟 (horned owl). A type of bird of prey. Head resembles a cat. Colloquially called 貓頭鷹 (owl). Ears have long feathers shaped like ear shells. Both eyes are very large and round. Rests during the day and comes out at night. A larger variety of the same species is the 怪鴟 (great horned owl).
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