鵺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

fabulous night bird, chimera

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • ぬえ
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音ye4
  • 한글ya
  • Hán-ViệtDạ

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
鳥(とり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9D7A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰夜鳥

Words using this kanji

  • ぬえJapanese chimera, mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail, White's thrush (Zoothera dauma), mysterious person空想上の動物。頭は猿、胴体は狸、尻尾は蛇、手足は虎でトラツグミの様な声で鳴く。 複数のものが混合されて出来上がったもの。 正体がよくわからなかったり、曖昧なもの、こと。
  • 鵺鳥ぬえどりWhite's thrush (Zoothera dauma)
  • 鵺的ぬえてきmysterious, strange, sphinx-like, enigmaticどちらともつかない曖昧な様子。正体の知れない怪しげなさま。

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-11
Four Corner
0722.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11b8.5
Nelson
5357