鵠
swan
18 strokes. Newspaper frequency rank 2292.
Readings
- くぐい (kun reading): 鵠 (くぐい) swan
- コク (on reading): 正鵠 (せいこく) bull's-eye; 燕雀鴻鵠 (えんじゃくこうこく) how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
- コウ (on reading)
- まと (kun reading)
Components
- 告
- 鳥
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 口 radical mouth
- 土 radical earth
- ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
- 鳥 radical bird
Words using 鵠
- 鵠 (くぐい) swan
- 正鵠 (せいこく) bull's-eye
- 燕雀鴻鵠 (えんじゃくこうこく) how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
- 正鵠を射る (せいこくをいる) to hit the mark
- 正鵠を得る (せいこくをえる) to hit the mark
- 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや (えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや) only a hero can understand a hero
8 words in all.