鴟鵂

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See also: 鸱鸺

Chinese

scops owl owl
trad. (鴟鵂)
simp. (鸱鸺)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (24) (32)
Final () (15) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhij xjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰiɪ/ /hɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰi/ /hiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰjɪ/ /xiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰi/ /huw/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰi/ /xiu/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰi/ /xĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi/ /xi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chī xiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci1 jau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chī xiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyhij › ‹ xjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*tʰij/ /*qʰ(r)u/
English 鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl 鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2276 13923
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰjil/ /*qʰu/
Notes

Noun

鴟鵂

  1. (literary) owl or owl-like bird

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Hyōgai Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 鴟鵂鸱鸺 (chīxiū).

Noun

鴟鵂(みみずく) or 鴟鵂(ミミズク) (mimizuku

  1. Alternative spelling of 木菟 (eagle owl)