雎鳩

See also: 雎鸠

Chinese

		(fish hawk); osprey	turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis
trad. (雎鳩)		雎	鳩
simp. (雎鸠)		雎	鸠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūjiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹ kau¹, zeoi¹ gau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūjiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyujiou
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-chiu¹
    • Yale: jyū-jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiujiou
    • Palladius: цзюйцзю (czjujczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹ kau¹, zeoi¹ gau¹
    • Yale: jēui kāu, jēui gāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹ kau¹, dzoey¹ gau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹ keo¹, zêu¹ geo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ kɐu̯⁵⁵/

Note: zeoi1 gau1 - usually avoided for euphemism.

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• Middle Chinese: tshjo kjuw

Rime
Character	雎	鳩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七余切	居求切
Baxter	tshjo	kjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨʌ/	/kɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɔ/	/kiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiɔ/	/kiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨə̆/	/kuw/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɔ/	/kiu/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭo/	/kĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wo/	/ki̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū	jiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi1	gau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]a  [k](r)u/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰa  ku/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雎	鳩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jū	jiū
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjo ›	‹ kjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]a/	/*[k](r)u/
English	雎鳩 tshjo.kjuw an aquatic bird	(a kind of bird)
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	雎	鳩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10422	6939
Phonetic component	且	九
Rime group	魚	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	疽	鳩
Old Chinese	/*sʰa/	/*ku/

Noun

雎鳩

1. (literary) a kind of waterbird with a dark brown upper body, white lower body and sharp talons suited to catching fish

   • 關關雎鳩，在河之洲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     关关雎鸠，在河之洲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Guānguān jūjiū, zài hé zhī zhōu. [Pinyin]

     Guan-guan go the ospreys, On the islet in the river.

Usage notes

Zheng Qiao (apud Elvin 2010) proposes that 雎鳩 denotes the mallards, as ospreys cannot make the sounds "guan-guan". Zhu Xi also describes the 雎鳩 as resembling the 鳧鷖／凫鹥 (“wild duck and seagull”). Arthur Waley translates 王雎, 雎鳩's synonym, as "royal-coot".

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雎	鳩
みさご
Hyōgaiji	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

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

【鶚みさご】H [noun] an osprey (bird of prey) Alternative spellings 鵃, 雎, ミサゴ

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