鳩 — kanji meaning “pigeon”
鳩
pigeon, dove
- Meanings
- pigeon, dove
- On'yomi
- キュウ (kyuu)、ク (ku)
- Kun'yomi
- はと、あつ.める
- Name readings
- やす
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1637 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 196
- Chinese reading
- jiū — Chinese character page
Words with 鳩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斑鳩 | いかる ikaru | Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) |
| 斑鳩 | いかるが ikaruga | Japanese grosbeak |
| 伝書鳩 | でんしょばと denshobato | carrier pigeon; homing pigeon |
| 鳩時計 | はとどけい hatodokei | cuckoo clock |
| 鳩尾 | みぞおち mizoochi | pit of the stomach; solar plexus |
| 鳩尾 | きゅうび kyuubi | pit of the stomach |
| 鳩胸 | はとむね hatomune | pigeon chest (deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum); pigeon breast; pectus carinatum |
| 山鳩 | やまばと yamabato | mountain-dwelling dove |
| 鳩舎 | きゅうしゃ kyuusha | dovecote; dovecot; pigeon house |
| 鳩目 | はとめ hatome | eyelet |
| 鳩首 | きゅうしゅ kyuushu | going into a huddle |
| 軍用鳩 | ぐんようばと gun'youbato | carrier pigeon |
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