鶯

鶯 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 火火月竹火 (FFBHF), four-corner 9932₇, composition ⿱𤇾鳥)

• 𫤔, 𫬿, 𡤰, 𮭛

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1496, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47169
• Dae Jaweon: page 2025, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4653, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9DAF

鶯

1. oriole

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鴬)

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: うぐいす (uguisu, 鶯)^{←うぐひす (ugufisu, 鶯, historical)}

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

鶯

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

Japanese bush warbler

Wikipedia

⟨uɡupi₁ su⟩ → /uɡupisu/ → /uɡufisu/ → /uɡuwisu/ → /uɡuisu/

From Old Japanese. Compound of うぐい (ugui, onomatopoeia, imitative of the bird's call) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names).^[1] Compare the す (su) in 烏 (karasu), 杜鵑 (hototogisu), モズ (mozu).

• (Tokyo) うぐいす (Nakadaka – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

鶯(うぐいす) or 鶯(ウグイス) • (uguisu) ^{←うぐひす (ugufisu) or ウグヒス (ugufisu)?}

1. Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 14)^[4]

     うぐひすの谷(たに)よりいづる声(こゑ)なくははるくることを誰(たれ)かしらまし

     uguisu no tani yori izuru koe naku wa haru kuru koto o tare ka shiramashi

     Without the voice of the warbler that comes out of the valley, how would we know the arrival of spring?^[5]

2. short for 鶯色 (uguisu iro): an olive-green color, as the rear of a bush warbler
3. short for 鶯声 (uguisu-goe): a description for a woman's beautiful voice
4. a metal skewer used in 香道 (kōdō) to fasten a paper wrapper
5. a bamboo skewer used in binding an obi or similar

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウグイス.

• (warbler, archaic): 花(はな)見(み)鳥(どり) (hanami-dori), 経(きょう)読(よ)み鳥(どり) (kyōyomi-dori), 歌読鳥(うたよみどり) (utayomi-dori)
• (olive-green color): 鶯(うぐいす)色(いろ) (uguisu iro), 鶯(うぐいす)茶(ちゃ) (uguisu-cha)

• 鶯(うぐいす)鳴(な)かせたこともある (uguisu nakaseta koto mo aru)
• 鶯(うぐいす)の卵(かいご)の中(なか)の時鳥(ほととぎす) (uguisu no kaigo no naka no hototogisu)
• 鶯(うぐいす)の谷(たに)渡(わた)り (uguisu no tani watari)

• 笹(ささ)鳴(な)き (sasanaki, “twittering of a bush warbler”)
• 三(さん)鳥(ちょう) (sanchō, “cuckoo, bush warbler and wagtail”)
• 雪(セッ)加(カ), 雪(セッ)下(カ) (sekka, “zitting cisticola”)
• 虫(むし)食(く)い, 虫(むし)喰(く)い (mushikui, “leaf warbler”)
• 葦(よし)切(きり) (yoshikiri, “reed warbler”)

鶯(うぐいす) • (Uguisu) ^{←うぐひす (Ugufisu)?}

1. a surname

• 鶯 etymology at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)

鶯 (eumhun 꾀꼬리 앵 (kkoekkori aeng))

1. Chinese oriole
2. bush warbler

鶯: Hán Việt readings: oanh^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
鶯: Nôm readings: oanh^[1][2][3], anh^[3]

1. chữ Hán form of oanh (“oriole”).