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凧

kite, (kokuji)

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Readings

On'yomi

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Kun'yomi

  • いかのぼり
  • たこ

Meaning

凧 centers on a kite: a light frame covered with cloth or paper that flies in the wind. It is a Japanese kokuji created specifically for this meaning.

Most common words using 凧

  • 凧たこ
    N1

    kite

  • 凧いかのぼり

    kite

  • 凧揚げたこあげ

    kite flying

  • 凧絵たこえ

    picture on a kite

  • 和凧わだこ

    Japanese kite

  • 奴凧やっこだこ

    kite shaped like an Edo-period footman

  • 字凧じだこ

    kite with a (kanji or kana) character written on it

  • 絵凧えだこ

    painted kite; kite with a picture painted on it

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Etymology

凧 is a Japanese kokuji, combining the wind enclosure ⺇ with 巾 (cloth), suggesting a cloth object that catches the wind—a kite.

Meaning mnemonic

The wind enclosure ⺇ wraps around a cloth 巾, like a kite made of fabric soaring in the sky.

Reading mnemonic

For いかのぼり, picture a squid (いか) flying up (のぼり) like a kite: いかのぼり is the kite rising, and the cloth 巾 catches the wind.