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鴬

Readings

Kana: オウ、うぐいす
Romaji: ou, uguisu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

nightingale, bush warbler

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  196
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-5-11
Korean Reading:  aeng
Chinese Reading:  ying1
Unicode:  9d2c
JIS:  3229

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 6945
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11b10.9
Four Corner Index: 9932.7
Remembering the kanji Index: 2907
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2916

Words

鴬 (うぐいす、ウグイス)
Japanese bush warbler; Japanese nightingale (Cettia diphone); greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
鴬嬢 (うぐいすじょう)
female announcer; woman who makes public announcements (e.g. from an election campaign truck)
初鴬 (はつうぐいす)
first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)
うぐいす張り (うぐいすばり)
nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
鶯色 (うぐいすいろ)
greenish brown
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