鳩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

pigeon, dove

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キュウ
Kun (native)
  • はと
  • あつ(める)
Nanori (used in names)
  • やす
Other languages
  • 拼音jiu1
  • 한글gu
  • Hán-ViệtCưu

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
鳥(とり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9CE9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰九鳥

Words using this kanji

  • はとpigeon, dove
  • 鳩首きゅうしゅgoing into a huddle
  • 鳩舎きゅうしゃ鳩を飼うための小屋。dovecote, dovecot, pigeon house
  • 鳩尾みぞおち肋骨の正面中央下部の。pit of the stomach, solar plexus
  • 鳩胸はとむねpigeon chest (deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum), pigeon breast, pectus carinatum, woman with big breasts
  • 鳩目はとめeyelet
  • 鳩座はとざColumba (constellation), the Dove
  • 鳩信きゅうしんcommunication by carrier pigeon
  • 鳩笛はとぶえpigeon-shaped whistle
  • 鳩尾きゅうび肋骨の正面中央下部の。pit of the stomach
  • 鳩小屋はとごやpigeon house, dovecote
  • 鳩羽色はとばいろblue-black (color, colour)
  • 鳩時計はとどけい柱や壁に掛ける掛け時計の一種。多くは外観が巣箱の形をしており、時刻で鳩の像が巣箱の穴から現れ、時刻の分だけ鳴くしかけになっている。cuckoo clock
  • 鳩槃荼くはんだKumbhanda
  • 鳩首協議きゅうしゅきょうぎput heads together and confer, convene and discuss, go into a huddle (over)
  • 鳩首凝議きゅうしゅぎょうぎput heads together and confer, convene and discuss, go into a huddle (over)
  • 鳩首謀議きゅうしゅぼうぎgo into a huddle (over), hold a secret conference (about), put heads together and conspire
  • 鳩首密議きゅうしゅみつぎgoing into a huddle (over), holding secret (closed-door) conference (about), laying heads together in secret consultation
  • 鳩ぽっぽはとぽっぽpigeon, dove
  • 鳩を飛ばすはとをとばすto fly a pigeon

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(51 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-11
Four Corner
4702.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11b2.1
Heisig
2096
Nelson
5342