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鳩 means turtle-dove (Turtur orientalis), pigeon, or dove.
Note: There are a few other characters that can represent pigeons or doves.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 鳩 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鳩 鸠 see styles |
jiū jiu1 chiu hato はと |
More info & calligraphy: Pigeon / Turtle-Dovepigeon; dove; (surname, female given name) Hato A dove; to collect; translit. ku, gu, ko, ki; cf. 瞿, 拘, 倶, 矩. |
三鳩 see styles |
mihato みはと |
(surname) Mihato |
仔鳩 see styles |
kobato こばと |
(1) squab; young pigeon; (2) pigeon meat |
冠鳩 see styles |
kanmuribato かんむりばと |
crowned pigeon |
初鳩 see styles |
hatsubato はつばと |
pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers) |
唐鳩 see styles |
karabato からばと |
(personal name) Karabato |
土鳩 see styles |
dobato どばと |
(kana only) domestic pigeon; feral pigeon |
堂鳩 see styles |
doubato / dobato どうばと |
(rare) (See 土鳩) domestic pigeon |
子鳩 see styles |
kobato こばと |
(1) squab; young pigeon; (2) pigeon meat |
実鳩 see styles |
mihato みはと |
(female given name) Mihato |
家鳩 see styles |
iebato いえばと |
(See 土鳩) domestic pigeon; feral pigeon |
小鳩 see styles |
kobato こばと |
(surname, female given name) Kobato |
尾鳩 see styles |
obato おばと |
(place-name) Obato |
山鳩 see styles |
yamabato やまばと |
(See キジバト,アオバト) mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove); (surname) Yamabato |
斑鳩 斑鸠 see styles |
bān jiū ban1 jiu1 pan chiu ikaruga いかるが |
turtledove (kana only) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata); (place-name, surname) Ikaruga |
旅鳩 see styles |
ryokyuu / ryokyu りょきゅう |
(given name) Ryokyū |
未鳩 see styles |
miku みく |
(female given name) Miku |
桑鳩 see styles |
soukyuu / sokyu そうきゅう |
(given name) Soukyū |
江鳩 see styles |
ebato えばと |
(surname) Ebato |
海鳩 see styles |
umibato; umibato うみばと; ウミバト |
(kana only) pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) |
烏鳩 see styles |
karasubato; karasubato からすばと; カラスバト |
(kana only) Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina); black wood pigeon |
白鳩 see styles |
shirohato しろはと |
dove |
睢鳩 睢鸠 see styles |
suī jiū sui1 jiu1 sui chiu |
plover (Charadrius morinellus); dotterell |
竹鳩 see styles |
dakeku だけく |
(place-name) Dakeku |
絵鳩 see styles |
ebato えばと |
(surname) Ebato |
緑鳩 see styles |
aobato あおばと |
(kana only) white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii) |
繪鳩 see styles |
ebato えばと |
(surname) Ebato |
美鳩 see styles |
mihato みはと |
(surname, female given name) Mihato |
若鳩 see styles |
wakabato わかばと |
(place-name) Wakabato |
蓑鳩 see styles |
minobato; minobato みのばと; ミノバト |
(kana only) Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Pigeon Turtle-Dove | 鳩 鸠 | hato | jiū / jiu1 / jiu | chiu |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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