啄 — kanji meaning “peck”
啄
peck, pick up
- Meanings
- peck, pick up
- On'yomi
- タク (taku)、ツク (tsuku)、トク (toku)
- Kun'yomi
- ついば.む、つつ.く
- Name readings
- くち、はし、ばし
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2463 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- zhuó — Chinese character page
Words with 啄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啄木 | たくぼく takuboku | woodpecker |
| 啄木鳥 | きつつき kitsutsuki | woodpecker |
| 緑啄木鳥 | あおげら aogera | Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera); Japanese woodpecker; wavy-bellied woodpecker |
| 赤啄木鳥 | あかげら akagera | great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
| 啄ばむ | ついばむ tsuibamu | to pick at; to peck at |
| 熊啄木鳥 | くまげら kumagera | black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) |
| 小啄木鳥 | こげら kogera | pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki) |
| 木啄 | きたたき kitataki | white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) |
| 烏啄骨 | うたくこつ utakukotsu | coracoid |
| 啐啄 | そったく sottaku | once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; golden opportunity |
| 啐啄同時 | そったくどうじ sottakudouji | timing is everything; don't jump the gun |
| 山啄木鳥 | やまげら yamagera | grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus) |
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