正鵠を射る (せいこくをいる) — to hit the mark, to hit the nail on the head | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to hit the mark and to hit the nail on the head

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

正鵠を射る

to hit the mark, to hit the nail on the head

せいこくをいる

正

correct, justice, righteous...

ただ.しい, ただ.す, セイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

止

と.まる, -ど.まり, シ

卜

( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)

うらな.う, うらない, ボク

鵠

くぐい, まと, コク

告

revelation, tell, inform...

つ.げる, コク

⺧

口

くち, コウ, ク

鳥

とり, チョウ

鳥

( CDP-8CBB ) bird, chicken

とり, チョウ

灬

( 火 ) fire, fire radical (no. 86)

射

shoot, shine into, onto...

い.る, さ.す, シャ

身

somebody, person, one's station in life

寸

measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little...

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