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Eyes Crow 烏 Birds Black Hard Stroke Removed

meaning crow
number 2818
hanzi 烏
story As crows are birds which are all black, it's hard to see where their eyes are (black on black), so a stroke is removed from the part in the pictograph where the eyes would be.
simplified 乌

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