鶇

See also: 鸫 and 鶫

鶇 U+9D87, 鶇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D87 ← 鶆 [U+9D86] CJK Unified Ideographs 鶈 → [U+9D88]

Translingual

Han character

鶇 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木田竹日火 (DWHAF), four-corner 5792₇, composition ⿰東鳥)

1. thrush

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1493, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47054
• Dae Jaweon: page 2023, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4639, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9D87

Chinese

trad.		鶇
simp.		鸫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (東) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
東	*toːŋ
菄	*toːŋ
鶇	*toːŋ
倲	*toːŋ
涷	*toːŋ, *toːŋs
蝀	*toːŋ, *toːŋʔ
凍	*toːŋ, *toːŋs
鯟	*toːŋ
崠	*toːŋ
埬	*toːŋ
棟	*toːŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōng (dong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ton

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dong
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹
    • Yale: dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong
    • Palladius: дун (dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹
    • Yale: dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹ton
    • MiniDict: ton^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ton
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /toŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwng

Rime
Character	鶇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	德紅切
Baxter	tuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwŋ/
Li Rong	/tuŋ/
Wang Li	/tuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鶇
Reading #	1/1
No.	2437
Phonetic component	東
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	東
Old Chinese	/*toːŋ/

Definitions

鶇

1. thrush

Compounds

• 烏鶇／乌鸫 (wūdōng)
• 白腹鶇／白腹鸫 (báifùdōng, “pale thrush (Turdus pallidus)”)

 

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 鶫 (kokuji: Japanese-only)

Kanji

鶇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a thrush (bird)

Readings

• Go-on: つう (tsū)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: つぐみ (tsugumi, 鶇)

Etymology

鶇 (tsugumi): a dusky thrush.

Kanji in this term
鶇
つぐみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 噤む (tsugumu, “to shut up, to become quiet”), from the way the birds cease singing after summer has ended.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つぐみ [tsùgúmí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

鶇(つぐみ) or 鶇(ツグミ) • (tsugumi) 

1. a thrush: a bird of genus Turdus
2. (more specifically) a dusky thrush: Turdus eunomus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ツグミ.