鴎

See also: 鷗 and 鸥

Translingual

Traditional	鷗
Shinjitai (extended)	鴎
Simplified	鸥

Han character

鴎 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸大竹日火 (SKHAF), composition ⿰区鳥)

1. seagull

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1484, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4618, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9D0E

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Japanese

Shinjitai	鴎
Kyūjitai	鷗

Glyph origin

Extended shinjitai, Asahi simplification form of 鷗.

Kanji

鴎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鷗)

1. seagull

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: かもめ (kamome, 鴎)

Compounds

Compounds

• 鴎盟(おうめい) (ōmei)
• 鴎(かもめ)尻(じり) (kamomejiri)
• 鴎(かもめ)蘭(らん) (kamomeran)
• 紹(じょう)鴎(おう)棚(だな) (jōōdana)
• 白(しろ)鴎(かもめ) (shirokamome), 白鴎(はくおう) (hakuō, “white gull”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鴎
かもめ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
鷗 (kyūjitai)

Uncertain. One theory suggests from 鴨(かも) (kamo, “duck”) + め (-me, suffix expressing familitarity). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Compare 雀 (suzume, “sparrow”) and 燕 (tsubame, “swallow”).

Alternative forms

• 鷖

Noun

1. common gull (Larus canus)
2. (by extension) a seagull (any seabird of the family Laridae)

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カモメ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鴎(かもめ)髱(づと) (kamomezuto)
• フルマ鴎(カモメ) (furuma kamome, “northern fulmar”)
• 背(セ)黒(グロ)鴎(カモメ) (seguro kamome, “herring gull”)
• 百合(ユリ)鴎(カモメ) (yuri kamome, “black-headed gull”)
• 盗(トウ)賊(ゾク)鴎(カモメ) (tōzoku kamome, “skua, pomarine skua​”)
• 笑(わら)い鴎(かもめ) (warai kamome, “laughing gull”)
• 三指(ミツユビ)鴎(カモメ), 三趾(ミツユビ)鷗(カモメ) (mitsuyubi kamome, “black-legged kittiwake”)

Proper noun

1. a female given name
2. a surname