鷲

See also: 鹫

鷲 U+9DF2, 鷲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DF2 ← 鷱 [U+9DF1] CJK Unified Ideographs 鷳 → [U+9DF3]

Translingual

Han character

鷲 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+12, 23 strokes, Cangjie input 卜山竹日火 (YUHAF), four-corner 0332₇, composition ⿱就鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1501, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47345
• Dae Jaweon: page 2030, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4662, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9DF2

Chinese

trad.		鷲
simp.		鹫
alternative forms		就 𪆩 𩀻 𩾵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷲
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
僦	*ʔsuɡs
就	*zuɡs
鷲	*zuɡs
殧	*zuɡs, *ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ
噈	*ʔsuɡ
蹴	*ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
    • Yale: jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau⁶
    • Yale: jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjuwH

Rime
Character	鷲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾僦切
Baxter	dzjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zuwH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziuH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zuɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鷲
Reading #	1/1
No.	6995
Phonetic component	就
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	就
Old Chinese	/*zuɡs/

Definitions

鷲

1. eagle
2. condor; vulture

   鷲鳥／鹫鸟  ―  jiùniǎo  ―  vulture

Compounds

• 兀鷲 / 兀鹫 (wùjiù)
• 尾鷲 / 尾鹫 (Wěijiù)
• 海鷲 / 海鹫 (hǎijiù)
• 狗鷲 / 狗鹫 (gǒujiù)
• 獅鷲 / 狮鹫 (shījiù)
• 白尾鷲 / 白尾鹫
• 禿鷲 / 秃鹫 (tūjiù)
• 羌鷲 / 羌鹫 (qiāngjiù)
• 靈鷲 / 灵鹫
• 靈鷲山 / 灵鹫山 (Língjiùshān)
• 鷲山 / 鹫山
• 鷲峰山脈 / 鹫峰山脉
• 鷲嶺 / 鹫岭
• 鷲鳥 / 鹫鸟 (jiùniǎo)

References

• “鷲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鷲

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: わし (washi, 鷲)

Compounds

• 尾鷲(おわせ) (Owase): Owase, Mie
• 鷲山(じゅせん) (Jusen): Vulture Peak
• 鷲像纛幡(じゅぞうとうばん) (juzōtōban)
• 鷲峰山(じゅほうせん) (Juhōsen): Vulture Peak
• 霊鷲山(りょうじゅせん) (Ryōjusen): Vulture Peak

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鷲
わし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wasi.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わし [wàshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ɕi]

Noun

鷲(わし) • (washi) 

1. eagle (bird)
2. (figurative, historical, Empire of Japan) aviator

   荒鷲(あらわし) (arawashi)

   若鷲(わかわし) (wakawashi)

   海鷲(うみわし) (umiwashi)

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 ワシ (washi).

Derived terms

• 犬鷲(いぬわし) (inuwashi), 狗鷲(いぬわし) (inuwashi): golden eagle
• 上見(うえみ)ぬ鷲(わし) (ueminu washi)
• 海鷲(うみわし) (umiwashi): sea eagle
• 大鷲(おおわし) (ōwashi)
• 尾白鷲(おじろわし) (ojirowashi): white-tailed eagle
• 冠鷲(かんむりわし) (kanmuriwashi)
• 猿食鷲(さるくいわし) (sarukuiwashi): Philippine eagle, monkey-eating eagle
• 双頭(そうとう)の鷲(わし) (sōtō no washi)
• 白頭鷲(はくとうわし) (hakutōwashi): bald eagle
• 禿鷲(はげわし) (hagewashi): Old World vulture
• フィリピン鷲(わし) (firipinwashi): Philippine eagle
• 蛇食鷲(へびくいわし) (hebikuiwashi)
• 鷲口(わしぐち) (washiguchi)
• 鷲座(わしざ) (Washiza): Aquila
• 鷲鷹(わしたか) (washitaka)
• 鷲掴(わしづか)み (washizukami)
• 鷲(わし)の峰(みね) (Washi No Mine): Vulture Peak
• 鷲(わし)の山(やま) (Washi No Yama): Vulture Peak; Mount Hiei
• 鷲鼻(わしばな) (washibana): aquiline nose
• 鷲木菟(わしみみずく) (washimimizuku)
• 鷲羽山(わしゅうざん) (Washūzan): Mount Washū

References

• “^▲鷲”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰɥi] ~ [t͡ɕʰy]
• Phonetic hangul: [취]

Hanja

鷲 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鷲: Hán Nôm readings: thứu, tựu

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