鷗

See also: 鴎 and 鸥

鷗 U+9DD7, 鷗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DD7 ← 鷖 [U+9DD6] CJK Unified Ideographs 鷘 → [U+9DD8]

Translingual

Traditional	鷗
Shinjitai (extended)	鴎
Simplified	鸥

Han character

鷗 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸口竹日火 (SRHAF), four-corner 7772₇, composition ⿰區鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1499, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47268
• Dae Jaweon: page 2029, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4656, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9DD7

Chinese

trad.		鷗
simp.		鸥
alternative forms		䳼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷗
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
摳	*kʰoː, *kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	*kʰoː, *qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	*qoː, *qoːʔ
區	*qoː, *kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	*qoː, *qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	*qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧	*qoː, *qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	*kʰo, *kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoː) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): au¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): eu^1*

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): êu¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): ĕu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): au / o͘ / o / io

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ao¹ / ou¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹eu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ou
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹
    • Yale: ōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au¹
    • Yale: āu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: eu^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eu³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: êu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /eu⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
    • Tâi-lô: au
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
    • Tâi-lô: oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: of
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /ɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o
    • Tâi-lô: o
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io
    • Tâi-lô: io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴/

Note:

• au - vernacular;
• o͘/o/io - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ao¹ / ou¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: au / ou
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³/, /ou³³/

Note: ou1 - used in place names.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹eu
    • MiniDict: eu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹eu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɤ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uw

Rime
Character	鷗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏侯切
Baxter	'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəw/
Li Rong	/ʔu/
Wang Li	/əu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	au1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鷗
Reading #	1/1
No.	10585
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	謳
Old Chinese	/*qoː/

Definitions

鷗

1. seagull

Compounds

• 沙鷗／沙鸥 (shā'ōu)
• 海鷗／海鸥 (hǎi'ōu)
• 燕鷗／燕鸥
• 白鷗／白鸥
• 眠鷗宿鷺／眠鸥宿鹭
• 鷗波／鸥波
• 鷗盟／鸥盟
• 鷗邊／鸥边
• 鷗鳥忘機／鸥鸟忘机
• 鷗鴉／鸥鸦
• 鷗鷺忘機／鸥鹭忘机

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	鴎
Kyūjitai	鷗

Kanji

鷗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鴎)

1. seagull

Readings

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

Definitions

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

【鴎】H [kanji] Hyōgaiji kanji [kanji] Extended shinjitai form of 鷗: seagull Kanji reading: う, おう, かもめ

(This term, 鷗, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

鷗 (eum 구 (gu))

1. seagull

Vietnamese

Han character

鷗: Hán Nôm readings: âu

1. seagull