See also: 鸱鸺

Chinese

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scops owl owl
trad. (鴟鵂)
simp. (鸱鸺)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (24) (32)
Final () (15) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhij xjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰiɪ/ /hɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰi/ /hiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰjɪ/ /xiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰi/ /huw/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰi/ /xiu/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰi/ /xĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi/ /xi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chī xiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci1 jau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chī xiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyhij › ‹ xjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*tʰij/ /*qʰ(r)u/
English 鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl 鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2276 13923
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰjil/ /*qʰu/
Notes

Noun

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鴟鵂

  1. (literary) owl or owl-like bird

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

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The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 鴟鵂鸱鸺 (chīxiū).

Noun

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鴟鵂(みみずく) or 鴟鵂(ミミズク) (mimizuku

  1. Alternative spelling of 木菟 (eagle owl)