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鳶 = 鳥 + 弋
鳶 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “black kite”. It is built from 鳥 (bird) and 弋 (stake). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2851.
- Keyword
- black kite
- RTK frame
- 2851
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- エン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- とび, とんび
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- черный кит
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鳶 kite
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鳶 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bird” + “stake”. 鳶 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鳶 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.