Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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Stroke count: 10

Meaning: crow, raven

Kunyomi: からす いずくんぞ なんぞ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fire

Examples

Onyomi Examples

克蘭 ウクライナ Ukraine

焉魯魚 ウエンロギョ miswriting a word, using the wrong kanji to write a word

露宇 ロウ Russia and Ukraine

キンウ sun

オウチュウ black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

オコ foolish thing, stupid thing, absurdity

Kunyomi Examples

からす crow (Corvus spp.), raven

河豚 からす Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)

闇夜に やみよにからす something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night

八咫の やたのからす Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition), three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

安んぞ いずくんぞ how, why