鳥
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[edit] Translingual
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| 鸟 | |
| 鳥 |
[edit] Etymology
Pictogram (象形): a bird with a dangling tail.
Compare 烏 (“crow”), which is very similar, of similar origin, and 隹, which originated from a similar image of a bird, but is today rather more abstract and less recognizable.
Compare also 馬 (“horse”), whose current form is similar (graphically, 灬 for claws/legs).
Originally pronounced “diau” but in Mandarin changed to “niǎo” to avoid confusion with 屌 (“dangle cock”).
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[edit] Han character
鳥 (radical 196 鳥+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜火 (HAYF), four-corner 27327)
- bird
- KangXi radical 196
[edit] Synonyms
- (bird): 隹
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[edit] References
- KangXi: page 1480, character 52
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46634
- Dae Jaweon: page 2012, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4613, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9CE5
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
鳥 (simplified 鸟, Yale niu5)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
Compounds
[edit] Noun
- a flying animal; a bird
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
鳥 (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
鳥 (simplified 鸟, pinyin niǎo (niao3), Wade-Giles niao3)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ ni̯ɑʊ̯˨˩˦ ]
[edit] Noun
鳥 (traditional, Pinyin niǎo, measure word 隻, simplified 鸟)
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[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
鳥 (*děu)
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[edit] Hanzi
鳥 (POJ chiáu)