Results, 雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい

雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい【きじもなかずばうたれまいkijimonakazubautaremai】

expression:

  • avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries [literal] - proverb

Kanji definition:

雉

ジJI・チCHI・きじkiji

pheasant

Strokes:
13
Radical:
隹 small bird
SKIP:
1-5-8
UTF:
96c9
JIS208:
80-21
Nanori:
きki
Hangul:
치 [chi]
Pinyin:
zhì
Stroke order:
Example words:
白雉【はくちhakuchi】
Hakuchi era (650.2.15-654.10.?)
雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい【きじもなかずばうたれまいkijimonakazubautaremai】
avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries
焼け野の雉夜の鶴【やけののきぎすよるのつるyakenonokigisuyorunotsuru】
parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
雉科【きじかkijika】
Phasianidae; pheasant family of birds
雉目【きじもくkijimoku】
Galliformes; galliform order of birds
鳴
常用２年JLPTN3

メイMEI・なくna.ku・なるna.ru・ならすna.rasu

chirp; cry; bark; sound; ring; echo; honk

Strokes:
14
Radical:
口 mouth
SKIP:
1-3-11
UTF:
9cf4
JIS208:
44-36
Nanori:
なりnari・なるnaru
Hangul:
명 [myeong]
Pinyin:
míng
Stroke order:
Example words:
悲鳴【ひめいhimei】
shriek; scream
鳴らす【ならすnarasu】
to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers); / to be popular; to be esteemed; to be reputed; / to state; to insist; to complain; / to fart (loudly)
鳴る【なるnaru】
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
怒鳴る【どなるdonaru】
to shout; to yell
鳴り【なりnari】
ringing; sound
撃
常用中学校JLPTN1

ゲキGEKI・うつu.tsu

beat; attack; defeat; conquer

➜
打 擊
Strokes:
15
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
2-11-4
UTF:
6483
JIS208:
23-66
Hangul:
격 [gyeog]
Pinyin:
jī
Stroke order:
Example words:
攻撃【こうげきkougeki】
attack; strike; offensive; / criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation
打撃【だげきdageki】
blow; shock; strike; damage; / batting
衝撃【しょうげきshougeki】
shock; impact; crash
爆撃【ばくげきbakugeki】
bombing (raid)
反撃【はんげきhangeki】
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

Kanji

雉

ジJI・チCHI・きじkiji

pheasant

鳴

メイMEI・なくna.ku・なるna.ru・ならすna.rasu

chirp; cry; bark; sound; ring; echo; honk


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