共命鳥

Chinese

		all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total	life; fate	bird
trad. (共命鳥)		共	命	鳥
simp. (共命鸟)		共	命	鸟

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit जीवजीवक (jīvajīvaka) and 鳥／鸟 (niǎo, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòngmìngniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòngmìngniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòngmìngniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kung⁴-ming⁴-niao³
    • Yale: gùng-mìng-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonqminqneau
    • Palladius: гунминняо (gunminnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: kjowng mjaengH tewX

Rime
Character	共	命	鳥
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	庚 (111)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	九容切	眉病切	都了切
Baxter	kjowng	mjaengH	tewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋ/	/mˠiæŋH/	/teuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋ/	/mᵚiaŋH/	/teuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋ/	/miaŋH/	/teuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋ/	/miajŋH/	/tɛwX/
Li Rong	/kioŋ/	/miɐŋH/	/teuX/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋ/	/mĭɐŋH/	/tieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋ/	/mi̯ɐŋH/	/tieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng	mìng	diǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1	ming6	diu2

Proper noun

共命鳥

1. (Buddhism) a mythical two-headed bird

   Synonyms: 命命鳥／命命鸟, 同命鳥／同命鸟

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “共命鳥” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].