嘴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

beak, bill

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • くちばし
  • はし
Other languages
  • 拼音zui3
  • 한글chwi
  • Hán-ViệtChủy

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5634

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口觜

Words using this kanji

  • くちばしbeak, bill
  • 嘴管しかんinsertion tip (e.g. of a catheter)
  • 嘴細鴉ハシボソガラスcarrion crow (Corvus corone)
  • 嘴太鴉はしぶとがらすlarge-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos), jungle crow
  • 嘴黒鶲はしぐろひたきnorthern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
  • 嘴広鴨はしびろがもnorthern shoveler (species of duck, Anas clypeata), northern shoveller
  • 嘴広鸛はしびろこうshoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
  • 嘴太機織はしぶとはたおりgrosbeak weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
  • 嘴太海烏はしぶとうみがらすthick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), Brunnich's guillemot
  • 嘴黒阿比はしぐろあびcommon loon (Gavia immer), great northern diver, great northern loon
  • 嘴長土竜はしながもぐらlong-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
  • 嘴曲千鳥はしまがりちどりwrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
  • 嘴長海豚はしながいるかspinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
  • 嘴を挟むくちばしをはさむto stick one's nose into (someone else's business), to meddle, to interfere, to butt in
  • 嘴細啄木鳥はしぼそきつつきnorthern flicker (species of bird, incl. the yellow-shafted flicker and the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus)
  • 嘴太ペンギンはしぶとペンギンSnares penguin (Eudyptes robustus), Snares crested penguin, Snares Islands penguin

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(33 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-13
Four Corner
6202.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d13.7
Nelson
1000