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The Kanji Map

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Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1637 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: pigeon, dove

Kunyomi: はと, あつ.める

Onyomi: キュウ, ク

Composition: 九 鳥

鳩

Radical

Radical: 鳥

Meaning: bird

Reading: とり

Frequency: 750

鳥

Examples

Onyomi Examples

鳩首 (キュウシュ) going into a huddle

糾合 (キュウゴウ) rally, muster

鶚 (ミサゴ) osprey (Pandion haliaetus), fish hawk

軍鳩 (グンキュウ) carrier pigeon, war pigeon

鳩槃荼 (クハンダ) Kumbhanda, demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality

Kunyomi Examples

鳩 (はと) pigeon, dove

鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう (はとがまめでっぽうをくったよう) like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

レース鳩 (レースはと) racing pigeon, homing pigeon

白鳩 (しろはと) dove

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