10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

crow, raven

Kun'yomi
  • crow (Corvus spp.)
  • いずくんぞ
  • なんぞ
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

からす 91.3%
8.3%
0.4%

Character Breakdown

crow, raven
からす ウ オ (Kentei Pre-1)
bird, chicken
とり チョウ とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

Contained In

Common Words

Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
small, crow-billed tengu
Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) ②three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
money lent at daily interest
coarse dark-brown paper
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References

Unicode hex code 70CF
JIS X 0208 1-17-8
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 229
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3421
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4088
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2811
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1944
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2094
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1256
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18998
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1963
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4d6.5
Four corner code 2732.7