隼

10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

falcon

Kun'yomi
  • はやぶさ
    		falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
On'yomi
  • シュン
  • ジュン
Nanori
  • はや

Main Radical

隹(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

はやぶさ 65.4%
はや 33.2%
シュンジュン 1.3%

Character Breakdown

falcon
はやぶさ　はや　シュン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)

Contained In

凖

Common Words

はや
隼
ひと
人
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
よう
鷹
しゅん
隼
hawk and falcon
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References

Unicode hex code 96BC
JIS X 0208 1-40-27
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6493
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2756
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3427
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1766
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2404
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2879
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2891
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1230
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 41943
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2259
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8c2.2
Four corner code 2040.1