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    3. 千鳥

    千鳥

    千ち鳥どり

    plover

    KMT8News #24+1NounAnimalsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    鵆鴴

    ちどりチドリ

    Noun

    1.
    plover
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 14

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    海かい岸がんで千ち鳥どりを見 かけました。

    I saw a plover on the coast.

    KMT6AnimalsNature & Environment
    千ち鳥どりは砂すな浜はまをちょこちょこ歩あるくのが特とく徴ちょうです。

    Plovers are characterized by their quick, short steps on the sandy beach.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    千ち鳥どりは渡わたり鳥どりの一いっ種しゅで、季き節せつによって生せい息そく地ちを変かえます。

    Plovers are a type of migratory bird and change their habitat according to the season.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    波なみ打うち際ぎわを群むれで飛とぶ千ち鳥どりの姿すがたは、日に本ほんの冬ふゆの風ふう物ぶつ詩しです。

    The sight of plovers flying in flocks along the waterline is a poetic symbol of Japanese winter.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & EnvironmentCulture & Traditions
    万まん葉よう集しゅうには、千ち鳥どりを詠よんだ歌うたが数かず多おおく残のこされています。

    Many poems about plovers are preserved in the Man'yōshū.

    KMT9LiteratureCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    千
    ち…(3)
    thousand
    鳥
    とり…(4)
    bird・chicken
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