Kanji

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Stroke count: 15

Meaning: seagull

Kunyomi: かもめ

Onyomi: オウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: bird

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

かもめ common gull (Larus canus), mew gull, gull (Laridae spp.), seagull

かもめづと chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers (Edo-period women's hairstyle)

笑い わらいかもめ laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

盗賊 とうぞくかもめ skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers), pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus), pomarine skua