鴎

See also: 鷗 and 鸥

鴎 U+9D0E, 鴎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D0E ← 鴍 [U+9D0D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鴏 → [U+9D0F]

Translingual

Traditional	鷗
Shinjitai (extended)	鴎
Simplified	鸥

Han character

鴎 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸大竹日火 (SKHAF), composition ⿰区鳥)

1. seagull

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1484, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4618, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9D0E

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	鴎
Kyūjitai	鷗

Glyph origin

Extended shinjitai, Asahi simplification form of 鷗.

Kanji

鴎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鷗)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 鷗: seagull

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: かもめ (kamome, 鴎)
• Nanori: かもめ (kamome)

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

• 鴎(おう)渚(しょ)／鷗(おう)渚(しょ) (ōsho)
• 鴎(おう)汀(てい)／鷗(おう)汀(てい) (ōtei)
• 鴎(おう)盟(めい)／鷗(おう)盟(めい) (ōmei)
• 鴎(おう)鷺(ろ)／鷗(おう)鷺(ろ) (ōro)
• 鴎(かもめ)尻(じり)／鷗(かもめ)尻(じり) (kamomejiri)
• 鴎(かもめ)蘭(らん)／鷗(かもめ)蘭(らん) (kamomeran)
• 海(かい)鴎(おう)／海(かい)鷗(おう) (kaiō)
• 沙(さ)鴎(おう)／沙(さ)鷗(おう) (saō)
• 紹(じょう)鴎(おう)棚(だな)／紹(じょう)鷗(おう)棚(だな) (jōōdana)
• 白(しろ)鴎(かもめ)／白(しろ)鷗(かもめ) (shirokamome): white gull
• 白(はく)鴎(おう)／白(はく)鷗(おう) (hakuō): white gull
• 浦(ほ)鴎(おう)／浦(ほ)鷗(おう) (hōu)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鴎
かもめ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
鷗 (kyūjitai) 鷖

Uncertain. One theory suggests from 鴨(かも) (kamo, “duck”) + め (-me, suffix expressing familiarity). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Compare 雀 (suzume, “sparrow”) and 燕 (tsubame, “swallow”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かもめ [kàmómé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞me̞]

Noun

鴎(かもめ) or 鴎(カモメ) • (kamome) 

1. common gull (Larus canus)
2. (by extension) a seagull (any seabird of the family Laridae)

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 カモメ.

Derived terms

• 鴎(かもめ)髱(づと) (kamomezuto)
• フルマ鴎(カモメ) (furuma kamome, “northern fulmar”)
• 背(セ)黒(グロ)鴎(カモメ) (seguro kamome, “herring gull”)
• 百合(ユリ)鴎(カモメ) (yuri kamome, “black-headed gull”)
• 盗(トウ)賊(ゾク)鴎(カモメ) (tōzoku kamome, “skua, pomarine skua”)
• 笑(わら)い鴎(かもめ) (warai kamome, “laughing gull”)
• 三指(ミツユビ)鴎(カモメ), 三趾(ミツユビ)鷗(カモメ) (mitsuyubi kamome, “black-legged kittiwake”)

 

Proper noun

鴎(かもめ) • (Kamome) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname