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啄

peck
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingタク、ツク、トク
Kun readingついば.む、つつ.く
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. peck
    ひとの声に似た不気味な鳴き声、漆黒の羽、死肉を啄む姿などから、鴉は不幸に舞い降りる不吉な鳥として世界に知られています。A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.tatoeba
    私は詩人、たとえば啄木が好きである。I like poets, such as Takuboku.tatoeba
  2. pick up
  3. peck atRtK
  1. seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong
  2. stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve

Radicals and components

Components
How it's built
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Compound words

僕は啄木の詩の多くを暗記した。
I learned many of Takuboku's poems by heart.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 啄

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step