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隼 = 十 + 隹

隼 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “peregrine falcon”. It is built from 十 (ten) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2891.

Keyword
peregrine falcon
RTK frame
2891
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュン, ジュン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はやぶさ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
falcon, греческий сокол
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
隼 aquiline (nose)

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 十 ten
  2. 隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 隼 without knowing its reading

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

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