鳩
鳩 — Pigeon
pigeon, dove
On’yomiキュウ (kyuu)
On’yomiク (ku)
Kun’yomiはと (hato)
Kun’yomiあつめる (atsumeru)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 鳩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鳩 | はと hato | pigeon; dove |
| 鳩首 | きゅうしゅ kyuushu | going into a huddle |
Study notes
鳩 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1637 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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