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U+689F, 梟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-689F

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • 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

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter kew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/keu/
Pan
Wuyun
/keu/
Shao
Rongfen
/keu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛw/
Li
Rong
/keu/
Wang
Li
/kieu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
giu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13675
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*keːw/

Definitions

  1. owl
  2. a mythical bird which eats its own parents shortly after hatching
  3. brave, fierce
  4. leader, ringleader
      ―  xiāo  ―  drug lord
  5. to decapitate and hang the head
  6. (Teochew) indifferent, insensitive, indolent
    父母嚴條仔弟 [Teochew, trad.]
    父母严条仔弟 [Teochew, simp.]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

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Wikispecies

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Etymology

 フクロウ on Japanese Wikipedia
 フクロウ目 on Japanese Wikipedia
フクロウ
Kanji in this term
ふくろ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
ふくろう
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

Noun

(ふくろう) or (ふくろ) (fukurō or fukuroふくろふ (fukurofu)?

  1. an owl

Usage notes

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.

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 올빼미 (olppaemi hyo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: kiêu

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References