Wiktionary

鶯

See also: 鴬 and 莺
鶯 U+9DAF, 鶯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DAF
← 鶮
[U+9DAE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鶰 →
[U+9DB0]

Translingual

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Traditional 鶯
Shinjitai
(extended) 		鴬
Simplified 莺

Han character

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鶯 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 火火月竹火 (FFBHF), four-corner 99327, composition ⿱𤇾鳥)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1496, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47169
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2025, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4653, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9DAF

Chinese

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trad. 鶯
simp. 莺
alternative forms 鸎／莺
𦾉／莺

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (熒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鶯 *qreːŋ
罃 *qreːŋ
嫈 *qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮 *qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮 *pqʰʷeːŋ
謍 *qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝 *qʷraːŋʔ
嶸 *ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
嵤 *ɢʷreːŋ
榮 *ɢʷreŋ
瑩 *ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
蠑 *ɢʷreŋ
禜 *ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
醟 *ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
檾 *kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢 *ɡʷeŋ
焭 *ɡʷeŋ
縈 *qʷeŋ
營 *ɢʷeŋ
鎣 *ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
塋 *ɢʷeŋ
濴 *ɢʷeŋ
熒 *ɡʷeːŋ
螢 *ɡʷeːŋ
滎 *ɡʷeːŋ
濙 *qʷeːŋʔ
瀅 *qʷeːŋs

Pronunciation

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 鶯
Mandarin Beijing /iŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /iŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /iŋ²¹/
Jinan /iŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /iŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /iŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /iŋ²¹/
Xining /iə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /iŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /iŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /in⁵⁵/
Chengdu /in⁵⁵/
Guiyang /in⁵⁵/
Kunming /ĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /in³¹/
Hefei /in²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /iŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /iŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /in⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔin³³/
Wenzhou /j̠aŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /iʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /iɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /in³³/
Xiangtan /in³³/
Gan Nanchang /in⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /in⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /in²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ɐŋ⁵⁵/
Nanning /jeŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /ɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /iŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ɛiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /aiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /eŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /eŋ²³/
Rime
Character 鶯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 烏莖切
Baxter 'eang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/æŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ang1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鶯
Reading # 1/1
No. 15354
Phonetic
component 		熒
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		甖
Old
Chinese 		/*qreːŋ/

Definitions

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鶯

  1. oriole

Compounds

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Japanese

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FWOTD – 26 August 2019

Shinjitai
(extended)

鴬

Kyūjitai

鶯

Kanji

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鶯

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鴬)

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
鶯 (uguisu): a Japanese bush warbler in its characteristic olive-green color.
Kanji in this term
鶯
うぐいす
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

⟨uɡupi1 su⟩ → /uɡupisu/ → /uɡufisu/ → /uɡuwisu/ → /uɡuisu/

From Old Japanese. Compound of うぐい (ugui, onomatopoeia, imitative of the bird's call) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names).[1] Compare the す (su) in 烏 (karasu), 杜鵑 (hototogisu), モズ (mozu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鶯(うぐいす) or 鶯(ウグイス) • (uguisu) ←うぐひす (ugufisu) or ウグヒス (ugufisu)?

  1. Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
    • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 14)[4]
      うぐひすの谷(たに)よりいづる声(こゑ)なくははるくることを誰(たれ)かしらまし
      uguisu no tani yori izuru koe naku wa haru kuru koto o tare ka shiramashi
      Without the voice of the warbler that comes out of the valley, how would we know the arrival of spring?[5]
  2. short for 鶯色 (uguisu iro): an olive-green color, as the rear of a bush warbler
  3. short for 鶯声 (uguisu-goe): a description for a woman's beautiful voice
  4. a metal skewer used in 香道 (kōdō) to fasten a paper wrapper
  5. a bamboo skewer used in binding an obi or similar

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Derived terms

Idioms

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Proper noun

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鶯(うぐいす) • (Uguisu) ←うぐひす (Ugufisu)?

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kojima, Noriyuki with Arai Eizō (1989) [905] Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ^ Haruo Shirane (2013) Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts, illustrated, reprint edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 34

Further reading

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Korean

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Hanja

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鶯 (eumhun 꾀꼬리 앵 (kkoekkori aeng))

  1. Chinese oriole
  2. bush warbler

Compounds

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Compounds

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Han character

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鶯: Hán Việt readings: oanh[1][2][3][4][5][6]
鶯: Nôm readings: oanh[1][2][3], anh[3]

  1. chữ Hán form of oanh (“oriole”).

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (2004).
  4. ^ Trần (1999).
  5. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  6. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
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