鴎 — kanji meaning “seagull”
鴎
seagull
- Meanings
- seagull
- On'yomi
- オウ (ou)
- Kun'yomi
- かもめ
- Strokes
- 15
- Newspaper frequency
- #2187 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 196
- Chinese reading
- ōu
Words with 鴎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三趾鴎 | みつゆびかもめ mitsuyubikamome | black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) |
| フルマ鴎 | フルマかもめ furumakamome | northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) |
| 百合鴎 | ゆりかもめ yurikamome | black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus); hooded gull |
| 笑い鴎 | わらいかもめ waraikamome | laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) |
| 背黒鴎 | せぐろかもめ segurokamome | herring gull (Larus argentatus) |
| 盗賊鴎 | とうぞくかもめ touzokukamome | skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers) |
| 黒盗賊鴎 | くろとうぞくかもめ kurotouzokukamome | parasitic jaeger; Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| 水鴎流 | すいおうりゅう suiouryuu | old sword fighting; sword drawing style or school from Shizuoka prefecture |
| 鴎髱 | かもめづと kamomezuto | chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers (Edo-period women's hairstyle) |
| 白鴎 | しろかもめ shirokamome | glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus); burgomaster |
| 鷲鴎 | わしかもめ washikamome | glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) |
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