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Kotomora

鷹

hawk

JLPTN1StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes24

Readings

On'yomi

  • ヨウ
  • オウ

Kun'yomi

  • たか

Meaning

鷹 centers on a hawk: a bird of prey known for sharp vision and hunting.

Most common words using 鷹

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  • 鷹たか

    hawk; falcon

  • 禿鷹はげたか

    vulture; condor

  • 鷹匠たかじょう

    falconer; hawker

  • 鷹野たかの

    falconry

  • 大鷹おおたか

    northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

  • 小鷹こたか

    small hawk or falcon (used for hunting)

  • 鷹揚おうよう

    large-hearted; generous; liberal; open-handed; magnanimous; easygoing

  • 鷹狩りたかがり

    falconry

  • 夜鷹よたか

    grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)

  • アメリカ夜鷹アメリカよたか

    common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

  • ホイップアーウイル夜鷹ホイップアーウイルよたか

    whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus); whippoorwill

  • 一富士二鷹三茄子いちふじにたかさんなすび

    best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)

  • 夜鷹そばよたかそば

    ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)

  • 大鷹狩おおたかがり

    falconry (using a northern goshawk)

  • 小鷹狩こたかがり

    falconry (using small hawks or falcons)

  • 放鷹ほうよう

    falconry; hawking

  • 欲の熊鷹股裂くよくのくまたかまたさく

    avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)

  • 熊鷹くまたか

    Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis); mountain hawk-eagle

  • 禿鷹ファンドはげたかファンド

    vulture fund; fund that buys distressed stocks at low prices and sells for a profit

  • 能ある鷹は爪を隠すのうあるたかはつめをかくす

    a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons

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Etymology

鷹 combines 䧹 (a phonetic element related to a bird of prey) with 鳥 (bird), forming a phono-semantic compound for 'hawk'.

Meaning mnemonic

Inside the enclosure 䧹, which resembles a bird with a crest, sits 鳥 (bird). Picture a hawk perched inside a high nest, watching for prey.

Reading mnemonic

For ヨウ, imagine a hawk letting out a sharp 'yowl' as it dives: yowl -> ヨウ, and the hawk's cry echoes.