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Kanji Detail for 鷁 - "water bird, decorated ship"
鷁
- Meaning
鷁 means "water bird, decorated ship."
Water bird - A type of water bird.
Decorated ship - A boat with a bird-head ornament at the bow.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
waterfowl which flies high but not against the wind
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
fishhawk; bow or prow
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
a kind of aquatic bird
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A water bird. Like a cormorant but white. Good at soaring and not afraid of wind. People therefore paint its image on the bow of boats. Hence boats are called 鷁首 (yi-head). Also written as 艗.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
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