凧

Translingual

Han character

凧 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓中月 (HNLB), composition ⿵⺇巾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 134, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1749
• Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 276, character 11
• Unihan data for U+51E7

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Japanese

凧(tako)

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

凧

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Kun: たこ (tako, 凧); いかのぼり (ikanobori, 凧)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
凧
たこ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
紙鳶

Noun

凧(たこ) • (tako) 

1. (toy) kite (a tethered object lifted by wind)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
凧
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
紙鳶

From 烏賊(いか) (ika, “squid”), due to kites looking like squids.

Noun

凧(いか) • (ika) 

1. (Kansai) kite

Synonyms

• 凧(たこ) (tako)
• 凧(いかのぼり) (ikanobori)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
凧
いかのぼり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
紙鳶

烏賊(いか) (ika, “squid”) + 幟(のぼり) (nobori, “flag; banner”)

Noun

凧(いかのぼり) • (ikanobori) 

1. kite

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
凧
はた Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

凧(はた) • (hata) 

1. kite