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鳶
とんび
が
鷹
たか
を
生
う
む
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg;
(lit.)
a kite gives birth to a hawk
Alt. forms
鳶
とんび
が
鷹
たか
を
生
う
む
トンビがタカを
生
う
む
トンビが
鷹
たか
を
生
う
む
とんびが
鷹
たか
を
生
う
む
Kanji used
鳶
black kite (a type of bird)
鷹
hawk
生
life
Conjugations...
Used in: 12
Composed of
鳶
とんび
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
鷹
たか
hawk; falcon
生
う
む
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to