鴉

See also: 鵶 and 鸦

Translingual

Han character

鴉 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一竹竹日火 (MHHAF), four-corner 1722₇, composition ⿰牙鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1484, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46738
• Dae Jaweon: page 2016, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4618, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9D09

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Chinese

trad.		鴉
simp.		鸦
alternative forms		鵶／⿰亚鸟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
邪	*ljaː, *laː
衺	*ljaː
牙	*ŋraː
芽	*ŋraː
齖	*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
呀	*ŋraː, *hŋraː
枒	*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
雅	*ŋraːʔ
厊	*ŋraːʔ
庌	*ŋraːʔ
訝	*ŋraːs
迓	*ŋraːs
砑	*ŋraːs
犽	*ŋraːs
疨	*hŋraː
岈	*hŋraː
谺	*hŋraː
颬	*hŋraː
鴉	*qraː
釾	*laː

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka-n (“crow”). Cognate with 烏 (OC *qaː, “crow; raven”). The Middle Chinese of 鴉 retains the earlier vowel.

Schuessler (2007) disputes Old Chinese reconstructions with medial *-r-, reasoning that 鴉's place among Division II syllables (often from Old Chinese syllables containing *-r-) results rather from archaism which preserves the original vowel's quality.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鴉

1. crow; raven

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏鴉 (“crow; raven”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		烏, 鴉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏鴉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老鴰, 老鴉兒
	Taiwan	烏鴉
	Langfang	老鴰
	Ulanhot	老鴰
	Tongliao	老鴰
	Chifeng	老鴰
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老鴰
	Harbin	老哇, 老哇子, 黑老哇, 烏鴉
	Shenyang	老鴰
	Malaysia	烏鴉
	Singapore	烏鴉
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	老鴰
	Tangshan	老鴰
	Cangzhou	老鴰
	Baoding	老鴰
	Shijiazhuang	老鴰
	Jinan	老鴰, 黑老鴰
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	黑老哇子
	Qingdao	老哇
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	老鴰
	Daming	老鴰
	Wanrong	老哇
	Zhengzhou	老鴰
	Xi'an	老哇, 黑老哇
	Xining	老哇, 鴰老闆
	Xuzhou	老鴰, 烏鴉
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	老哇, 黑老哇, 烏鴉
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	黑老哇
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老哇
	Bayanhot	老哇
	Lanzhou	老哇, 狼老哇
	Ürümqi	老哇
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老哇, 烏鴉
	Wuhan	老哇
	Guiyang	老哇
	Kunming	老哇
	Guilin	烏鴉
	Pingle	烏鴉
	Liuzhou	烏鴉, 烏鴉鳥
	Luzhai	烏鴉
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	老哇
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	老哇
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老哇, 黑老哇
	Yangzhou	老鴉
	Nantong	老鴉
	Hefei	老鴰子, 老鴰
	Huanggang	老鴉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	烏鴉, 老鴉
	Hong Kong	烏鴉
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	老鴉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	烏鴉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	烏鴉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老鴉
	Macau	烏鴉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	烏鴉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老鴉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	呱乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	烏鴉
	Foshan	烏鴉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	烏鴉
	Foshan (Shunde)	烏鴉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鴉雀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	烏鴉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	烏鴉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	烏鴉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	烏鴉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	烏鴉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	烏鴉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	烏鴉
	Taishan	烏鴉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	烏鴉
	Enping (Niujiang)	烏鴉
	Heshan (Yayao)	烏鴉
	Dongguan	烏鴉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	烏鴉
	Shaoguan	烏鴉
	Yunfu	烏鴉
	Yangjiang	老鴉
	Xinyi	烏鴉
	Lianjiang	烏鴉
	Nanning	烏鴉
	Wuzhou	烏鴉
	Yulin	烏鴉
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	烏鴉
	Beihai	烏鴉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	烏鴉, 老鴉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老鴉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	烏鴉, 老鴉
	Dongxing	烏鴉
	Danzhou	老鴉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	烏鴉
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	烏鴉
	Móng Cái	烏鴉, 老鴉
Gan	Nanchang	老鴉
	Lichuan	老鴉
	Pingxiang	老鴉, 鴉雀
Hakka	Meixian	老鴉
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	烏鴉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	烏鴉
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	烏鴉
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	老鴉
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	烏鴉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	烏鴉
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	烏鴉
	Wuhua (Changbu)	烏鴉
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	烏鴉
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老鴉
	Liannan	老鴉
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	烏鴉
	Jiexi	老鴉
	Changting	烏鴉鵲
	Liancheng	老鴉
	Ninghua	老鴉子
	Yudu	老鴉
	Shicheng	老鴉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老鴉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老鴉仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏鴉仔, 老鴉仔, 烏鴉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	烏鴉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	烏鴉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	烏鴉
	Hong Kong	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Luchuan	烏鴉
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Sabah (Longchuan)	烏鴉
	Senai (Huiyang)	老鴉
	Singkawang	烏鴉
Huizhou	Jixi	老鴉
	Shexian	老鴉
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	老鴉
	Xiuning	老鴉
	Yixian	老鴉
	Qimen	老鴉
	Wuyuan	老鴉
	Dexing	老鴉
Jin	Taiyuan	黑老哇
	Pingyao	黑老哇
	Xinzhou	黑澇鴉兒
	Taibus (Baochang)	黑老哇
	Linhe	黑老哇
	Jining	黑老哇
	Hohhot	黑老哇
	Baotou	烏鴉
	Dongsheng	黑老哇
	Haibowan	黑老哇
	Zhangjiakou	老哇
	Handan	老鴰
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老鴉
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	老鴉
	Songxi	老鴉
	Zhenghe	老鴉
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	老烏
	Jianyang	老鴉
	Wuyishan	老鴉
	Pucheng (Shibei)	老鴉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老鴉
	Fuzhou (Changle)	老鴉
	Fuqing	老鴉
	Yongtai	老鴰
	Gutian	老鴉
	Fu'an	老鴉
	Ningde	老鴉
	Shouning	老鴉
	Zhouning	老鴉
	Fuding	老鴉
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏鴉
	Quanzhou	烏鴉
	Zhangzhou	烏鴉
	Dongshan	烏鴉
	Taipei	烏鴉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	烏鴉
	Kaohsiung	烏鴉, 烏鴉仔
	Yilan	烏鴉仔
	Kinmen	烏鴉
	Penghu (Magong)	烏鴉
	Penang (Hokkien)	烏鴉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	烏鴉, 歹鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	烏鴉
	Zhangping	老鴉
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	老鴉
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老鴉
	Chaozhou	烏鴉
	Haifeng	烏鴉
	Bangkok (Teochew)	烏鴉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	烏鴉
	Leizhou	沙烏
	Wenchang	衫烏
	Qionghai	衫烏
Puxian Min	Putian	鶚卵, 烏鴉
	Xianyou	鶚卵
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	烏鴉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	烏鴉, 老鴉
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	烏鴉
Shehua	Fu'an	老鴉
	Fuding	老鴉
	Luoyuan	老鴉
	Sanming	老鴉
	Shunchang	老鴉
	Hua'an	老鴉
	Guixi (Zhangping)	老鴉
	Cangnan	老鴉
	Jingning (Hexi)	老鴉
	Lishui	老鴉
	Longyou	老鴉
	Chaozhou	烏鴉
	Fengshun	老鴉
Wu	Shanghai	烏鴉, 老鴉
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老鴉
	Suzhou	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Danyang	烏老鴉, 烏鴉, 老鴉
	Hangzhou	烏老鴉, 烏老鴉兒, 烏鴉
	Ningbo	老鴉, 烏鴉
	Wenzhou	老鴉, 烏老鴉
	Jinhua	烏老鴉, 烏鴉
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	烏老鴉
Xiang	Changsha	老哇子, 老哇
	Loudi	老哇子, 老哇
	Shuangfeng	老哇子
	Quanzhou	烏鴉

Compounds

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Japanese

鴉(karasu)

Kanji

鴉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: あ (a)
• Kun: からす (karasu, 鴉)

Compounds

• 鴉片(あへん) (ahen, “opium”)
• 鴉鷺(あろ) (aro, “crow and heron; black and white”)
• 寒鴉(かんあ) (kan'a, “winter crow”)
• 暁鴉(ぎょうあ) (gyōa, “crow cawing in the morning”)
• 宿鴉(しゅくあ) (shukua, “roosting crow”)
• 乱鴉(らんあ) (ran'a, “wildly flying crows”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鴉
からす Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

【からすカラス】 [noun] a crow or raven Alternative spelling 烏

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

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Kikai

Kanji

鴉 (hiragana がらさー, romaji garasā, hiragana がるさー, romaji garusā)

Noun

鴉 (hiragana がらさー, romaji garasā, hiragana がるさー, romaji garusā)

1. Alternative form of 烏

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Korean

Hanja

鴉 • (a) (hangeul 아)

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Northern Amami-Oshima

Kanji

鴉 (hiragana からすぃ, romaji karasi)

Noun

鴉 (hiragana からすぃ, romaji karasi)

1. Alternative form of 烏

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Oki-No-Erabu

Kanji

鴉 (hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)

Noun

鴉 (hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)

1. Alternative form of 烏

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Okinawan

Kanji

鴉 (hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)

Noun

鴉 (hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)

1. Alternative form of 烏

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鴉 (ác, nha, a)

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Yonaguni

Kanji

鴉 (hiragana がらち, romaji garachi)

Noun

鴉 (hiragana がらち, romaji garachi)

1. Alternative form of 烏