noun
Refers to birds of prey in the family Accipitridae (hawks) and Falconidae (falcons). In everyday use, タカ often covers both without strict biological distinction.
空にタカが舞っている。
A hawk is circling in the sky.
タカは鋭い爪で獲物を捕まえる。
Hawks catch prey with their sharp talons.
The word たか is native Japanese. The kanji 鷹 is a phono-semantic compound with 鳥 (bird) and a phonetic component, but the exact derivation of the Japanese word is uncertain.