16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

nightingale, bush warbler

Kun'yomi
  • Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone) ②greenish brown ③having a beautiful voice
On'yomi
  • オウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

うぐいす 100.0%

Character Breakdown

nightingale, bush warbler
うぐいす オウ (Kentei 1)
to learn(𦥯) variant
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
bird, chicken
とり チョウ とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

Common Words

first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)
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References

Unicode hex code 9D2C
JIS X 0208 1-18-9
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6945
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2907
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2916
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11b10.9
Four corner code 9932.7