鵜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「鳥」+音符「弟」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cormorant

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テイ
  • ダイ
Kun (native)
Other languages
  • 拼音ti2
  • 拼音ti4
  • 한글je
  • Hán-ViệtĐề

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
鳥(とり)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9D5C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰弟鳥

Words using this kanji

  • cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
  • 鵜匠うしょうcormorant fisherman
  • 鵜飼いうかいうかい 参照cormorant fishing, cormorant fisherman
  • 鵜呑みうのみうのみ 参照swallowing without chewing, swallowing (e.g. a story), accepting without questioning
  • 鵜松明樺うだいかんばmonarch birch (Betula maximowicziana), Japanese birch
  • 鵜の目鷹の目うのめたかのめ獲物を狙う鵜や鷹のように、目付きを鋭くして物を探す様子。また、その目つき。eyes of a predator, sharp eyes, keen eyes, vigilant attention
  • 鵜呑みにするうのみにするto swallow (e.g. a story), to accept without questioning, to swallow (food) whole, to gobble up

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-11
Four Corner
8722.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11b7.6
Heisig
2847
Nelson
5354