Japanese symbol for “runners”
走禽類
そうきんるい
Romaji: soukinrui
cursorial birds; runners
In Japanese, runners is 走禽類, read そうきんるい (soukinrui).
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Meanings
- n cursorial birds; runners
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走る | はしる hashiru | to run |
| 逃走 | とうそう tousou | flight; desertion; escape |
| 走行 | そうこう soukou | running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling |
| 走り | はしり hashiri | running |
| 脱走 | だっそう dassou | escape; flight; breakout |
| 暴走 | ぼうそう bousou | acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly |
| 猛禽 | もうきん moukin | raptor; bird of prey; predatory bird |
| 家禽 | かきん kakin | (domestic) fowl; poultry |
| 種類 | しゅるい shurui | variety; kind; type |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.