鷹 = 广 + 亻 + 隹 + 鳥

鷹 is a Japanese kanji written with 24 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hawk”. It is built from 广 (cave), 亻 (person), 隹 (short-tailed bird) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2344.

Keyword: hawk
RTK frame: 2344
Strokes: 24
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ヨウ, オウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): たか
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: ястреб
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 鷹 eagle

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 鷹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cave” + “person” + “short-tailed bird”. 鷹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鷹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.