Kanji meanings › Hawk
Kanji for Hawk
The kanji for “hawk” is 鷹, read you and written in 24 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
鷹
hawk
The hawk, sharp-eyed and swift.
Dreaming of a hawk on New Year is said to bring luck.
24 strokes On reading ヨウ、オウ (you, ou) Kun reading たか (taka) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: hawk
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ou, taka, you
In Japan it appears in about 65 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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