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鸛 Kanji meaning "Japanese stork"

Jiten frequency #6029Kanken Level 1TMW Immortal Idol28 strokes

Meanings

Japanese stork

On'yomi

カン

Kun'yomi

こうのとり

Composed of

艹grass
口mouth
隹bird
鳥birdradical

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

鸛(こう)の揺(と)り籠(のゆりかご)baby hatch for unwanted newborns at Jikei Hospital, Kumamoto (lit: stork's cradle)#468698

Most common words using this kanji

鸛(こうのとり)stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)#196891嘴広鸛(はしびろこう)shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)#398255鍋鸛(なべこう)black stork (Ciconia nigra)#468698鸛鶴(こうづる)Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)#468698青嘴鸛(あおはしこう)Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii)#468698燕尾鸛(えんびこう)maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)#468698鸛(こう)の揺(と)り籠(のゆりかご)baby hatch for unwanted newborns at Jikei Hospital, Kumamoto (lit: stork's cradle)#468698朱嘴鸛(しゅばしこう)white stork (Ciconia ciconia)#468698頭黒禿鸛(すぐろはげこう)jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)#468698白襟鸛(しろえりこう)woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)#468698
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