Vocabulary
きじもなかずばう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雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい きじもなかずばうたれまい雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい

Meaning

avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one there is safety in silence and the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries

Practice Writing

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Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい
avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one, there is safety in silence, the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries
きじもなかずばうたれまい
雉
pheasant
きじ, ジ, チ
矢
dart, arrow
や, シ
天
heavens, sky, imperial
あまつ, あめ, テン
大
large, big
おお-, おお.きい, ダイ
隹
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
とり, サイ, スイ
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
鳴
chirp, cry, bark...
な.く, な.る, メイ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
鳥
bird, chicken
とり, チョウ
鳥
( CDP-8CBB ) bird, chicken
とり, チョウ
灬
( 火 ) fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ, カ
撃
beat, attack, defeat...
う.つ, ゲキ
軗
車
car
くるま, シャ
殳
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
また, ほこ, シュ
几
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
きにょう, キ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
又
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また, また-, ユウ
手
hand
て, て-, シュ
書

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