烏 — kanji meaning “crow”
烏
crow, raven
- Meanings
- crow, raven
- On'yomi
- ウ (u)、オ (o)
- Kun'yomi
- からす、いずくんぞ、なんぞ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2042 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- wū, wù — Chinese character page
Words with 烏
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烏賊 | いか ika | cuttlefish; squid |
| 烏帽子 | えぼし eboshi | eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan |
| 烏丸 | うがん ugan | Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people) |
| 烏合 | うごう ugou | disorderly gathering |
| 烏天狗 | からすてんぐ karasutengu | small, crow-billed tengu |
| 烏口 | からすぐち karasuguchi | ruling pen |
| 三羽烏 | さんばがらす sanbagarasu | trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers |
| 明烏 | あけがらす akegarasu | daybreak sound of a crow |
| 烏頭 | うず uzu | dried aconite root (used in traditional Chinese medicine); monkshood |
| 烏兎 | うと uto | sun and moon |
| 烏有 | うゆう uyuu | nonexistence |
| 烏瓜 | からすうり karasuuri | Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes pilosa) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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