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鳶
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鸢
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milvus

HSK 10
Nature →Animals
yuān
エン
とび、とんび
연
Components
弋 catch+ 鳥 bird =
鳶 milvus
弋 Phonetic component
yì catch
catch, arrest
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鳥 Meaning component
bird
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
鸢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸢 / 鳶 [yuān]
kite (small hawk)
Japanese
鳶 、 鴟 、 鵄 とび 、 とんび 、 トビ 、 トンビ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana black kite (Milvus migrans)
  2. abbrev. construction worker; scaffold erector; firefighter
  3. abbrev. fire hook
  4. abbrev. reddish brown
  5. abbrev. Inverness cape
  6. filcher; sneak thief; pilferer
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鳶 えん
En female given name
鳶 とび
Tobi surname
CHINESE WORDS (6)
鸢尾 [yuān​wěi] #46,905
Iricdaceae, the iris family
纸鸢 [zhǐ​yuān] #52,748
kite
栗鸢 [lì​yuān]
(bird species of China) Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
鸢尾花 [yuān​wěi​huā]
iris (family Iridaceae)
黑翅鸢 [hēi​chì​yuān]
(bird species of China) black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)
黑鸢 [hēi​yuān]
(bird species of China) black kite (Milvus migrans)
JAPANESE WORDS (24)
鳶尾 [いちはつ] #11,281
wall iris
⭐ 凧 [たこ] #33,566
kite
鳶 [とび] #33,809
black kite (Milvus migrans)
鳶色 [とびいろ] #38,419
reddish brown
鳶口 [とびぐち] #112,127
fire hook
鳶の者 [とびのもの] #152,858
firefighter (Edo period)
鳶が鷹を生む [とんびがたかをうむ] #153,015
to have a talented child despite being untalented
黒鳶色 [くろとびいろ] #158,473
reddish brown tinged with black
とび職 [とびしょく] #161,328
construction worker (who works at heights)
鳶に油揚げをさらわれる [とんびにあぶらあげをさらわれる] #192,814
to be robbed of one's due
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