鴎

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See also: 鷗 and 鸥

鴎 U+9D0E, 鴎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D0E
← 鴍
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鴏 →

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

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

鴎

Kyūjitai

鷗

Glyph origin

Extended shinjitai, Asahi simplification form of 鷗.

Kanji

鴎

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鷗)

  1. Extended shinjitai form of 鷗: seagull

Readings

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

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鴎
かもめ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
鷗 (kyūjitai)
鷖
 カモメ on Japanese Wikipedia

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

鴎(かもめ) or 鴎(カモメ) • (kamome) 

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

Usage notes

Derived terms

Proper noun

鴎(かもめ) • (Kamome) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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