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Kanji Detail for 鷹 - "hawk, noble, keen"

  • Meaning

    鷹 means "hawk, noble, keen."

    1. Hawk - A bird of prey.

    2. Falcon - A swift hunting bird.

    3. Fierce - A predatory raptor.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hawk

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    eagle, falcon; Accipiter species (various)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    eagle, falcon, hawk

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

    A bird of prey. Its beak is hooked and strong. Wing span reaches two and a half feet. Back is dark brown. Belly is white with yellow-brown horizontal stripes. Its feet have four toes. Three toes face forward. One toe can rotate forward and backward. Each toe has hooked claws. Strong and powerful. Eyes are very sharp. Circling in the air, it can see the smallest things. Hunters often raise them to chase birds and hares.
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