Kanji Detail for 鸇 - "falcon, grey-faced buzzard"

鸇

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
鸇 means "falcon, grey-faced buzzard."
1. Falcon - A bird of the family Falconidae.
2. Grey-faced buzzard - A bird of the family Accipitridae (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

kind of bird of prey; hawk

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

hawk; Butastur indicus

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

sparrow hawk; swift

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

A fierce bird name. Kite family. The Mencius says: "The one who drives sparrows into the thicket is the 鸇."
Onyomi

ken(けん)

sen(せん)
Kunyomi

hayabusa(はやぶさ)
Strokes

24 strokes
Radical

鳥 (tori・torihen)
Related Keywords
falcon bird family falconidae grey faced buzzard accipitridae