鶯

See also 莺, and 鴬

Translingual

Han character

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

1. oriole
2. greenfinch

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鶯 (simplified 莺, jyutping ang1, Yale ang1)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

/uguhi₁su/: *[ugupisu] > [uguɸisu] > [uguwisu] > [uguisu].

Noun

鶯 (hiragana うぐいす, romaji uguisu, historical hiragana うぐひす)

1. a type of bird; Cettia diphone; common name Japanese bush warbler
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 5, poem #824)

     烏梅乃波奈 知良麻久怨之美 和我曽乃々 多気乃波也之尓 于具比須奈久母

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 5, poem #827)

     波流佐礼婆 許奴礼我久利弖 宇具比須曽 奈岐弖伊奴奈流 烏梅我志豆延尓 _{小典山氏若麻呂}

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 5, poem #837)

     波流能努尓 奈久夜汙隅比須 奈都気牟得 和何弊能曽能尓 汙米何波奈佐久 _{笇師志氏大道}

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 20, poem #4495)

     打奈婢久 波流等毛之流久 宇具比須波 宇恵木之樹間乎 奈枳和多良奈牟

   • 905 Kokin Wakashū (poem #14)

     うぐひすの谷よりいづる声なくははるくることを誰かしらまし

Etymology 2

Kanji

鶯 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: おう (ō)
• Kun: うぐいす (uguisu)

References

• 1989 May 21 [905], Noriyuki Kojima; Arai Eizō, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240005-0:
• 1999 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240001-8:
• 2003 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man'yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240004-2:

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Korean

Hanja

鶯 (hangeul 앵, revised aeng, McCune-Reischauer aeng, Yale ayng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鶯 (simplified 莺, pinyin yīng (ying1), Wade-Giles ying¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

鶯 (*qɛng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鶯 (oanh, anh)