Entry
  1. Noun

    common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

    Usually written using kana alone

    カッコウを見た事がありますか。
    Have you ever seen a cuckoo?
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district

Kun
くるわ
On
カク
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1670 of 2500
Radical
city
WaniKani
Level 55

Built from

Used in names as

ひろ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-3, 1-7-2, 1-7-3, 1-8-2SKIP code
2d7.14The Kanji Dictionary
0742.7Four corner code
444deroo
90edUnicode hex code
1-19-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4765Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6144New Nelson (John Haig)
1678New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2112Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1100Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1499Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1842Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1985Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1770A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1417Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1793Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39474Morohashi
1076A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1673Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1788Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1829Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1492Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1773Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
759Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1859Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
guo1Pinyin reading
gwagKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
55WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

public, prince, official, governmental

Kun
おおやけ
On
コウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
118 of 2500
Radical
eight
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

あきらきみきんたかただしともひろまさ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2o2.2The Kanji Dictionary
8073.2, 8073.0Four corner code
2071deroo
516cUnicode hex code
1-24-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
579Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
372New Nelson (John Haig)
1974New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2468Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1249Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1715Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
784Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
847Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
122A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
156Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
219Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1452Morohashi
277A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
126Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
210sakade
341Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
126henshall3
92Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
212crowley
323Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
152Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
792Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gong1Pinyin reading
gongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level