鳩

See also: 鸠

Translingual

Han character

鳩 (radical 196 鳥+2, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大弓竹日火 (KNHAF), four-corner 4702₇, composition ⿰九鳥)

1. pigeon
2. collect, assemble

References

• KangXi: page 1481, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46648
• Dae Jaweon: page 2013, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4613, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9CE9

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiū, qiāng (jiu¹, qiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ, ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹, kau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Wade-Giles: chiu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'iang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau¹, kau²
    • Yale: gāu, káu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹, kau²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

鳩

1. a type of bird
2. (vulgar, Cantonese) penis (a substitution for the rarer word 𨳊)

Interfix

鳩

1. (vulgar) fucking

   乜鳩事呀你？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]

   乜鸠事呀你？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   Mat¹ gau¹ si⁶ aa³ nei⁵? [Jyutping]

   What the fuck is wrong with you?

Related terms

• 斑鳩／斑鸠 (turtledove)
• (Cantonese) 戇鳩／戆鸠 ("dumbass")
• (Cantonese five profanities) 屌, 鳩, 撚, 柒, 閪

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Japanese

Kanji

鳩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū), く (ku)
• Kun: はと (hato), あつめる (atsumeru)

Noun

鳩 (hiragana はと, katakana ハト, romaji hato)

1. pigeon, dove

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Korean

Hanja

鳩 (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鳩 (cưu)

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