Kanji

啄

peck, pick up

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

口部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

タク, ツク, トク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ついばむ, つつく

Example sentences

啄む ついばむ
鳥が庭で餌を啄んでいる。

A bird is pecking at food in the garden.

たく
永字八法の第七筆は「啄」と呼ばれています。

The seventh stroke of the Eight Principles of Yong is called 'Taku'.

啐啄同時 そったくどうじ
啐啄同時の教えは禅の精神を表す

The teaching of 'sottaku-doji' represents the spirit of Zen.

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