百舌

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Chinese

hundred tongue
trad. (百舌) 百 舌
simp. #(百舌) 百 舌

Pronunciation

Noun

百舌

  1. (～鳥) Alternative name for 烏鶇／乌鸫 (wūdōng, “blackbird; Turdus merula”).

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
百 舌
もず
Grade: 1 Grade: 6
irregular
Alternative spellings
百舌鳥
鴃
鵙
鶪
 モズ on Japanese Wikipedia
 Bull-headed shrike on Wikipedia
モズ (mozu): a bull-headed shrike in winter in Japan.

Etymology

*⟨mo1mo1 su⟩ → */monsu/ → ⟨mo1zu⟩ → */mʷozu/ → /mozu/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Likely originally a compound of 百 (momo, “hundreds; lots and lots”, in reference to the bird's practice of mimicking other bird calls) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds).[1]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), literally "hundred tongues", from the way shrikes can mimic other bird calls.

Pronunciation

Noun

百舌(もず) or 百舌(モズ) • (mozu) 

  1. Lanius bucephalus, the bull-headed shrike
  2. general name for birds in family Laniidae: the shrikes
    Hypernym: 雀 (suzume)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 1897:
      , text here
      春(はる)之(し)在(あれ)者(は)伯勞鳥(もず)之(の)草(くさ)具吉(ぐき)雖不所見(みえずとも)吾(われ)者(は)見将遣(みやらむ)君(きみ)之(が)當(あたり)乎婆(をば) [Man'yōgana]
      春(はる)さればもずの草(くさ)潜(ぐき)見(み)えずとも我(わ)れは見(み)やらむ君(きみ)があたりをば [Modern spelling]
      haru sareba mozu no kusaguki miezu to mo ware wa miyaran kimi ga atari o ba
      After spring has come the shrike goes plunging in the reeds and cannot be seen―but I will spy it out, my love, the place where you have your home.[5]

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Naoki Abe, 2008, 野鳥の名前 (Yadori no Namae, “Wild Birds' Names”, in Japanese), Tōkyō: Yama-kei Publishers, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 669
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