Kanji
鳩
N1
13 strokes
Grade 9
freq #1637
pigeon, dove
On'yomi (音読み)
キュウ、 ク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
はと、 あつ.める
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
鳩首
きゅうしゅ
going into a huddle
鳩首謀議
きゅうしゅぼうぎ
go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about)
斑鳩
いかるが
Japanese grosbeak
鳩尾
きゅうび
pit of the stomach
野鳩
のばと
wild pigeon; wild dove
嘆鳩
ナゲキバト
mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
堂鳩
どうばと
feral pigeon; domestic pigeon
薄雪鳩
うすゆきばと
diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata)
蓑鳩
みのばと
Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
子鳩
こばと
squab; young pigeon
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
鳩
はと
pigeon; dove
鷹化して鳩となる
たかかしてはととなる
one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th)
レース鳩
レースはと
racing pigeon; homing pigeon
鳩ぽっぽ
はとぽっぽ
pigeon; dove
鳩笛
はとぶえ
pigeon-shaped whistle
鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう
はとがまめでっぽうをくったよう
like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
白鳩
しろはと
dove
飼い鳩
かいばと
domestic pigeon
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は実験（じっけん）にハトを使（つか）いました。
He used pigeons in his experiment.
彼（かれ）はそれらをハトの目（め）の後（うし）ろに見（み）つけた。
He found them in the pigeon's heads, behind the eyes.