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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 鳩

    鳩

    鳩はと

    pigeon

    N1KMT9Freq #1637AnimalsKanji13 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    はとあつ.める

    On'yomi

    キュウク

    Nanori

    やす

    pigeondove

    九鳥

    乙
    鳥
    灬
    火

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    鳥鳴鳧鳰鳫鷙鴎鴇鳴鷙鳥鳫鳧鳰

    Concepts using this kanji

    鳩

    pigeon

    鳩時計

    cuckoo clock

    軍用鳩

    carrier pigeon

    鳩首協議

    put heads together and confer

    白子鳩

    Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

    山鳩

    mountain-dwelling dove

    鳩目

    eyelet

    子鳩

    squab

    鳩小屋

    pigeon house

    土鳩

    domestic pigeon

    伝書鳩

    carrier pigeon

    金鳩

    emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)

    鳩信

    communication by carrier pigeon

    河原鳩

    rock pigeon (Columba livia)

    軍鳩

    carrier pigeon

    海鳩

    pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba)

    野鳩

    wild pigeon

    家鳩

    domestic pigeon

    初鳩

    pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

    旅行鳩

    passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)

    鳩首密議

    going into a huddle (over)

    羽白海鳩

    black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)

    白鳩

    dove

    鳩座

    Columba (constellation)

    鳩羽色

    blue-black (color, colour)

    鳩を飛ばす

    to fly a pigeon

    鳩首謀議

    go into a huddle (over)

    鳩首凝議

    put heads together and confer

    鳩尾

    pit of the stomach

    鷹化して鳩となる

    one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th)

    堂鳩

    domestic pigeon

    鳩舎

    dovecote

    鳩胸

    pigeon chest (deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum)

    鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう

    like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

    緑鳩

    white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii)

    薄雪鳩

    diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata)

    冠鳩

    crowned pigeon

    レース鳩

    racing pigeon

    鳩ぽっぽ

    pigeon

    嘆鳩

    mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

    鳩首

    going into a huddle

    鳩笛

    pigeon-shaped whistle

    雉鳩

    Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

    蓑鳩

    Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)

    烏鳩

    Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)

    孔雀鳩

    fantail pigeon

    斑鳩

    Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)

    鳩槃荼

    Kumbhanda

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 乙
    • 灬
    • 火
    • 鳥

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    • 軍用鳩
    • 伝書鳩
    • 鳩
    • 鳩舎
    • 鳩尾
    • 鳩首
    • 鳩胸
    • 斑鳩
    • 山鳩
    • 鳩小屋
    • 鳩目
    • 鳩羽色
    • 鳩時計
    • 鳩座
    • 白子鳩
    • 烏鳩
    • 鳩信
    • 鳩を飛ばす
    • 土鳩
    • 雉鳩
    • 海鳩
    • 河原鳩
    • 冠鳩
    • 鳩首協議
    • 鳩首凝議
    • 鳩首謀議
    • 鳩首密議
    • 孔雀鳩
    • 家鳩
    • 緑鳩
    • 白鳩
    • 羽白海鳩
    • 金鳩
    • 旅行鳩
    • 子鳩
    • 鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう
    • 薄雪鳩
    • 鷹化して鳩となる
    • 初鳩
    • 蓑鳩
    • レース鳩
    • 鳩ぽっぽ
    • 軍鳩
    • 鳩槃荼
    • 堂鳩
    • 鳩笛
    • 野鳩
    • 嘆鳩

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