Kanji
啄
N1
10 strokes
Grade 9
freq #2463
peck, pick up
On'yomi (音読み)
タク、 ツク、 トク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ついば.む、 つつ.く
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
啄木
たくぼく
woodpecker
小啄木鳥
こげら
pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)
山啄木鳥
ヤマゲラ
grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
啐啄同時
そったくどうじ
timing is everything; don't jump the gun
啐啄
そったく
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; golden opportunity
啄
たく
seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve
団栗啄木鳥
どんぐりきつつき
acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
大赤啄木鳥
おおあかげら
white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
小赤啄木鳥
こあかげら
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
烏啄骨
うたくこつ
coracoid
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
オリーブ姫啄木鳥
オリーブひめきつつき
olivaceous piculet (species of bird, Picumnus olivaceus)
啄ばむ
ついばむ
to pick at; to peck at
Example sentences
僕(ぼく)は啄木(たくぼく)の詩(し)の多(おお)くを暗記(あんき)した。
I learned many of Takuboku's poems by heart.