鶍

鶍	U+9D8D, 鶍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D8D

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Han character edit

鶍 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日竹竹日火 (AHHAF), composition ⿰易鳥)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1494, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47073
Dae Jaweon: page 2024, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4640, character 13
Unihan data for U+9D8D

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

鶍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

crossbill

Readings edit

Kun: いすか (isuka, 鶍)

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
鶍
いすか Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

The character was originally a miscopy of 鶪 (currently in use with a meaning of shrike), wherein the left-hand portion 狊 came to be written as 易 instead.

For pronunciation and definitions of 鶍 – see the following entry.

【交喙いすか】

[noun] common crossbill, red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Alternative spelling
イスカ

(This term, 鶍, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)