鴨 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

wild duck, easy mark

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オウ
Kun (native)
  • かも
  • あひる
Other languages
  • 拼音ya1
  • 한글ab
  • Hán-ViệtÁp

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
鳥(とり)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9D28

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰甲鳥

Words using this kanji

  • かもduck, easy mark, sucker, sitting duck
  • 鴨居かもいlintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
  • 鴨猟かもりょうduck hunting
  • 鴨茅かもがやorchard grass (Dactylis glomerata), cat grass
  • 鴨るかもるto easily defeat, to eat (one's opponent) alive, to bilk, to swindle
  • 鴨鍋かもなべduck hot pot (with cabbage, spring onions, tofu, etc.)
  • 鴨肉かもにく鴨の肉。duck (meat)
  • 鴨場かもばduck hunting reserve
  • 鴨の嘴かものはしplatypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
  • 鴨撃ちかもうちduck hunting
  • 鴨ネギかもねぎalong comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money, double stroke of good luck, perfect timing!, how convenient (for you to show up)!
  • 鴨南蛮かもなんばんnoodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
  • 鴨にするかもにするto easily attain victory, to dupe, to swindle
  • 鴨が葱を背負って来るかもがねぎをしょってくるとても都合の良い事。along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-11
Four Corner
6752.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11b5.2
Heisig
2850
Nelson
121