Kanji

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: beak, bill

Kunyomi: くちばし はし

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ニュウシ (mammary) nipple, teat

サシ spit, sandspit

Kunyomi Examples

くちばし beak, bill

くちばしが黄色い くちばしがきいろい fledgling, young and inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears

くちばし beak, bill

黒阿比 はしぐろあび common loon (Gavia immer), great northern diver, great northern loon

おおはし toucan

いすかの いすかのはし (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected), unfortunate turn of events, unexpected turn, (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts)