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Kanji literal and JLPT

Kanji Details for 鶯

鶯
Strokes count

Strokes: 21

Radicals

Radicals: 火 鳥 冖

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nightingale
  • オウ
  • うぐいす

Popular Words With This Kanji

  • 鴬, 鶯

    Japanese bush warbler; Japanese nightingale (Cettia diphone)

    greenish brown

    having a beautiful voice

  • 鴬嬢, 鶯嬢

    female announcer; woman who makes public announcements (e.g. from an election campaign truck)

  • うぐいす張り, 鶯張り, 鴬張り

    nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)