Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
swallow (bird)
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2147 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 燕窩 【エンカ】 swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
  • 燕楽 【エンガク】 Ancient Chinese banquet music
  • 後燕 【コウエン】 Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)
  • 飛燕 【ヒエン】 swallow in flight

Kun reading compounds

  • 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
  • 燕魚 【つばめうお】 longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish, flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
  • 若い燕 【わかいつばめ】 young lover of an older woman, boy toy
  • 小洞燕 【しょうどうつばめ】 sand martin (Riparia riparia)
  • 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
  • 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
  • 燕魚 【つばめうお】 longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish, flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan4, yan1
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • golondrina

Portuguese

French

4070 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2570 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3142 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2196 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19429 Morohashi
3489 New Nelson (John Haig)
2869 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2882 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k13.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-12 SKIP code
4433.1 Four corner code
1-17-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
71d5 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
sparrow
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1856 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 雀躍 【ジャクヤク】 leaping for joy, exultation
  • 雀羅 【ジャクラ】 sparrow net
  • 黄雀 【コウジャク】 tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
  • インド孔雀 【インドクジャク】 Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), common peafowl, blue peafowl
  • 雀鬼 【ジャンキ】 skilled mahjong player
  • 雀球 【ジャンキュウ】 jankyū, combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong
  • 脱衣麻雀 【ダツイマージャン】 strip mahjong
  • 賭け麻雀 【カケマージャン】 mahjong gambling, playing mahjong for money

Kun reading compounds

  • 雀 【すずめ】 tree sparrow (Passer montanus), talkative person, knowledgeable person
  • 雀色 【すずめいろ】 light reddish brown
  • 入内雀 【にゅうないすずめ】 russet sparrow (Passer rutilans), cinnamon sparrow
  • 京雀 【きょうすずめ】 gossipy Kyotoite

Readings

Japanese names:
ざく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
que4, qiao1, qiao3
Korean:
jag

Spanish

  • gorrión

Portuguese

French

233 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1530 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3117 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2178 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41954 Morohashi
2469 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6496 New Nelson (John Haig)
2878 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2890 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1175 2001 Kanji
8c3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-7 SKIP code
4-11-2 SKIP code
3-4-7 SKIP code
9021.4 Four corner code
1-31-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c0 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
bird
Parts:
large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 洪恩 【コウオン】 great debt of gratitude, great obligation
  • 鴻雁 【コウガン】 wild geese, large geese and small geese

Kun reading compounds

  • 大鳥 【おおとり】 large bird, peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish), fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
  • 鴻 【ひしくい】 bean goose (Anser fabalis)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2
Korean:
hong

Spanish

  • pájaro grande
  • ganso salvaje

Portuguese

French

2722 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2614 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2275 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
977 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
542 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
710 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
46874 Morohashi
6963 New Nelson (John Haig)
2313 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2406 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-14 SKIP code
3712.7 Four corner code
1-25-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d3b Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
bird
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鵠 【コク】 swan, bullseye
  • 正鵠 【セイコク】 bull's-eye, mark, point
  • 鴻鵠 【コウコク】 giant bird, great person, magnanimous person, hero
  • 鵠 【コク】 swan, bullseye
  • 正鵠 【セイコク】 bull's-eye, mark, point

Kun reading compounds

  • 鵠 【くぐい】 swan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2, gu3
Korean:
gog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5352 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2739 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
46961X Morohashi
6968 New Nelson (John Haig)
11b7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-11 SKIP code
2762.7 Four corner code
1-25-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d60 Unicode hex code