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Kanji Detail for 鷲 - "eagle"
鷲
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Meaning
鷲 means "eagle." Also associated with raptor.
Eagle - A large bird of prey.
Raptor - A powerful hunting bird.
Majestic - Noble and impressive.
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- Verified meaning: eagle
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read おおとり, すさき, すざき, わし)
- Also carries these associations: raptor
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 鷲
Surnames 鷲(おおとり)
鷲(すさき)
鷲(すざき)
鷲(わし)
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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
eagle
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
condor, vulture
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
vulture
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
condor, vulture
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A bird of prey. The 鵰 (eagle). See "鵰" for details.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 鷲
The eagle is king of birds.
あの鷲、きれいね。
That eagle is beautiful.
The eagle is the king of the air.
The eagle is the king of birds.
鷲はハエを狩らない。
Eagles don't hunt flies.
An eagle was soaring high up in the air.
The little bird couldn't defend itself against the eagle.
The bird was half as large as an eagle.
An eagle's wings are more than one meter across.
As the lion is king of beasts, so is the eagle king of birds.