梟

梟 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜木 (HAYD), four-corner 2790₄, composition ⿹㇯鳥灬木)

• 嘄, 𡏭, 𡠿, 𢳚, 𣻏, 𤡔, 𣘖, 𥉼, 𱴯, 蟂, 鄡

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 529, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14861
• Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1217, character 11
• Unihan data for U+689F

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)u (“owl”), which is also compared to 鴞 (OC *ɦraw, “owl”), 鵂 (OC *qʰu, “owl”), 舊 (OC *ɡʷɯs, “owl”) (STEDT). Compare Japhug pɣɤkhɯ (“owl”) (Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019).

梟

1. owl
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a mythical bird which eats its own parents shortly after hatching
3. brave, fierce
4. leader, ringleader

   毒梟／毒枭  ―  dúxiāo  ―  drug lord

5. to decapitate and hang the head

   • 軫與布不相得，堅出擊，大破之，梟其都督華雄。
     轸与布不相得，坚出击，大破之，枭其都督华雄。

     From: 1084 CE, Sima Guang, Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government

     Zhěn yǔ Bù bù xiàngdé, Jiān chūjī, dàpò zhī, xiāo qí dōudū Huá Xióng.

     (Hu) Zhen and (Lü) Bu did not get along; (Sun) Jian struck out, soundly beat them, and beheaded and hang the head of their chief controller Hua Xiong.

6. (Teochew) ruthless; heartless

   父母嚴條，仔弟粗梟
   父母严条，仔弟粗枭

   bê⁶ bho² ngiam⁵ diao⁵, gian² di⁶ cou¹ hiao¹

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 打起包裹過南洋

     海水迢迢，父母真梟
     海水迢迢，父母真枭

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Strix uralensis

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(Hyōgai kanji)

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: ふくろう (fukurō, 梟)^{←ふくろふ (fukurofu, 梟, historical)}

 フクロウ on Japanese Wikipedia

 フクロウ科 on Japanese Wikipedia

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• (Tokyo) ふくろー (Nakadaka – )
• (Tokyo) ふくろー (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

梟(ふくろう) or 梟(ふくろ) • (fukurō or fukuro) ^{←ふくろふ (fukurofu)?}

1. an owl in the family Strigidae
2. Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

   Synonym: ウラル梟 (Uraru fukurō)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as フクロウ (fukurō).

梟 (eumhun 올빼미 효 (olppaemi hyo))

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梟: Hán Nôm readings: kiêu

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