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Zach

Readings

Kana: ヨウ、オウ、たか
Romaji: you, ou, taka
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

hawk

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  24
Radical Number:  53
Frequency:  1676
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  3-3-21
Korean Reading:  eung
Chinese Reading:  ying1
Unicode:  9df9
JIS:  426B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3189
Nelson Index: 1544
New Nelson Index: 7007
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3q21.1
Four Corner Index: 0022.7
Gakken Index: 1808
Japanese Names Index: 2995
Daikanwanjiten Index: 47377
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0879
Remembering the kanji Index: 2237
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2036
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2748
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2344
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3955

Words

(たか、タカ)
falcon (Falconidae spp.); hawk
鷹狩り (たかがり)
falconry
鷹野 (たかの)
falconry
アメリカ夜鷹 (アメリカよたか、アメリカヨタカ)
common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
禿鷹 (はげたか、ハゲタカ)
vulture
鷹匠 (たかじょう)
falconer; hawker
大鷹 (おおたか、オオタカ)
northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis); female hawk (or falcon); falconry (using a northern goshawk)
鷹の爪 (たかのつめ、タカノツメ)
Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree); extremely spicy form of chili pepper; variety of high-quality green tea
鷹揚 (おうよう、おおよう)
largehearted; generous; placid; composed; cool; collected
鳶が鷹を生む (とんびがたかをうむ、とびがたかをうむ)
Even plain parents can produce a genius child; A great person may be born of perfectly ordinary parents
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