鷲

See also: 鹫

鷲 U+9DF2, 鷲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DF2 ← 鷱 [U+9DF1] CJK Unified Ideographs 鷳 → [U+9DF3]

Translingual

Han character

鷲 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 卜山竹日火 (YUHAF), four-corner 0332₇, composition ⿱就鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1501, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47345
• Dae Jaweon: page 2030, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4662, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9DF2

Chinese

trad.		鷲
simp.		鹫
alternative forms		就 𪆩 𩀻 𩾵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷲
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (就) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
僦	*ʔsuɡs
就	*zuɡs
鷲	*zuɡs
殧	*zuɡs, *ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ
噈	*ʔsuɡ
蹴	*ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
    • Yale: jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau⁶
    • Yale: jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/

Definitions

鷲

1. eagle
2. condor, vulture

   鷲鳥／鹫鸟  ―  jiùniǎo  ―  vulture

Compounds

• 兀鷲／兀鹫 (wùjiù)
• 海鷲／海鹫 (hǎijiù)
• 狗鷲／狗鹫 (gǒujiù)
• 獅鷲／狮鹫 (shījiù)
• 白尾鷲／白尾鹫
• 禿鷲／秃鹫 (tūjiù)
• 羌鷲／羌鹫 (qiāngjiù)
• 靈鷲山／灵鹫山 (Língjiùshān)
• 鷲山／鹫山
• 鷲峰山脈／鹫峰山脉
• 鷲嶺／鹫岭
• 鷲鳥／鹫鸟 (jiùniǎo)

 

References

• “鷲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鷲

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: わし (washi, 鷲)

Compounds

Compounds

• 尾鷲(おわせ) (Owase): Owase, Mie
• 鷲山(じゅせん) (Jusen): Vulture Peak
• 鷲像纛幡(じゅぞうとうばん) (juzōtōban)
• 鷲峰山(じゅほうせん) (Juhōsen): Vulture Peak
• 霊鷲山(りょうじゅせん) (Ryōjusen): Vulture Peak

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鷲
わし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wasi.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わし [wàshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɕi]

Noun

鷲(わし) or 鷲(ワシ) • (washi) 

1. eagle (bird)
2. (figurative, historical, Empire of Japan) aviator

   荒鷲(あらわし) (arawashi)

   若鷲(わかわし) (wakawashi)

   海鷲(うみわし) (umiwashi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 犬鷲(いぬわし) (inuwashi), 狗鷲(いぬわし) (inuwashi): golden eagle
• 上見(うえみ)ぬ鷲(わし) (ueminu washi)
• 海鷲(うみわし) (umiwashi): sea eagle
• 大鷲(おおわし) (ōwashi)
• 尾白鷲(おじろわし) (ojirowashi): white-tailed eagle
• 冠鷲(かんむりわし) (kanmuriwashi)
• 猿食鷲(さるくいわし) (sarukuiwashi): Philippine eagle, monkey-eating eagle
• 双頭(そうとう)の鷲(わし) (sōtō no washi)
• 白頭鷲(はくとうわし) (hakutōwashi): bald eagle
• 禿鷲(はげわし) (hagewashi): Old World vulture
• フィリピン鷲(わし) (firipinwashi): Philippine eagle
• 蛇食鷲(へびくいわし) (hebikuiwashi)
• 鷲口(わしぐち) (washiguchi)
• 鷲座(わしざ) (Washiza): Aquila
• 鷲鷹(わしたか) (washitaka)
• 鷲掴(わしづか)み (washizukami)
• 鷲(わし)の峰(みね) (Washi No Mine): Vulture Peak
• 鷲(わし)の山(やま) (Washi No Yama): Vulture Peak; Mount Hiei
• 鷲鼻(わしばな) (washibana): aquiline nose
• 鷲木菟(わしみみずく) (washimimizuku)
• 鷲羽山(わしゅうざん) (Washūzan): Mount Washū

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰɥi] ~ [t͡ɕʰy]
• Phonetic hangul: [취]

Hanja

Wikisource

鷲 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鷲: Hán Nôm readings: thứu, tựu

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