Keyword
peck at
Info
FrequencyTop 3100-3200
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2287
Readings
たく
(40%)
Composed of
mouth
wild pig
Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
to pick at; to peck at
seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve
timing is everything; don't jump the gun
pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; golden opportunity; being completely in sync (of a Zen master and apprentice)
timing is everything; don't jump the gun
pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)
Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera); Japanese woodpecker; wavy-bellied woodpecker
great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; golden opportunity; being completely in sync (of a Zen master and apprentice)
white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
Okinawa woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii)
northern flicker (species of bird, incl. the yellow-shafted flicker and the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus)
yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
olivaceous piculet (species of bird, Picumnus olivaceus)
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Examples (1 in total)
"What's that sound?" "It sounds like a woodpecker."