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Kanji Detail for 鳶 - "kite, construction worker, firefighting tool"

鳶

  • Meaning

    鳶 means "kite, construction worker, firefighting tool."

    1. Kite - A bird of prey of the hawk family.

    2. Construction worker - Workers who work at heights (abbreviated).

    3. Firefighting tool - A hooked tool for firefighting (abbreviated).

  • Four-character idioms with 鳶

    • 鳶飛魚躍 えんぴぎょやく Listen all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely; as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities

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    • Verified meaning: kite, construction worker, firefighting tool
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えん, とび)

    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.

  • Name readings of 鳶

    Given names 鳶(えん)Listen

    Surnames 鳶(とび)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    black kite; fireman; hook

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    kite; Milvus species (various)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    kite (small hawk)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    kite; Milvus species (various)

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

    A bird of prey. A type of hawk with a shorter beak and longer tail. Colloquially called 鷂鷹 (harrier hawk). | 紙鳶. A plaything. Also called a kite.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tobi(とび) とび

    tonbi(とんび) とんび

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    鳥 (tori・torihen)

  • Related Keywords

    kite construction worker firefighting tool hawk bird of prey raptor soaring flight sky beak talons glide heights

Sentences including 鳶

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  • I was robbed of my rightful share.

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