Translingual

Han character

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

1. kite

References

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

Japanese

凧(tako)

Noun

凧 ‎(hiragana たこ, romaji tako)

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

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Kun: たこ (tako), いかのぼり (ikanobori)

Usage notes

This character is a kokuji (国字), i.e. a kanji invented in Japan.