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Readings

Kana: シ、とび
Romaji: shi, tobi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

kite

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  196
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-5-11
Korean Reading:  chi
Chinese Reading:  zhi1
Unicode:  9d1f
JIS:  7276

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5347
New Nelson Index: 6954
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11b5.4
Four Corner Index: 7712.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46805
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0815

Words

(とび、とんび、トビ、トンビ)
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; firefighter; Inverness cape
夜鷹 (よたか、ぶんぼちょう、ヨタカ)
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors
糞鳶 (くそとび、クソトビ)
common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
木菟 (みみずく、みみづく、ずく、つく)
horned owl
鴟尾 (しび)
ornamental ridge-end tile
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