Kanji meanings › Falcon
Kanji for Falcon
The kanji for “falcon” is 隼, read shun and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
隼
falcon
The falcon; swift and keen-eyed.
10 strokes On reading シュン、ジュン (shun, jun) Kun reading はやぶさ (hayabusa) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: falcon
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shun, jun, haya
In Japan it appears in about 70 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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