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鷲

鷲 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ワシ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「鳥」+音符「就」。｛鷲｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

eagle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュウ
  • ジュ
Kun (native)
  • わし
Nanori (used in names)
  • す
  • わ
  • わせ
Other languages
  • 拼音jiu4
  • 한글chwi
  • Hán-ViệtThứu

Basics

Strokes
23 strokes
Radical
鳥(とり)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9DF2

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱就鳥

Words using this kanji

  • 鷲わしeagle (Accipitridae family)
  • 鷲座わしざAquila (constellation), the Eagle
  • 鷲鼻わしばなaquiline nose, Roman nose, hook nose
  • 鷲鴎ワシカモメglaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens)
  • 鷲掴みわしづかみgrabbing hold, eagle grip, tight hold
  • 鷲木菟わしみみずくEurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
  • 鷲獅子じゅじしグリフォンgriffon, gryphon
  • 鷲は舞い降りたわしはまいおりたThe Eagle Has Landed (1975 novel by Jack Higgins)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(24 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-12-11
Four Corner
0332.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11b12.5
Heisig
2849
Nelson
5368