鴟鴞

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See also: 鸱鸮

Chinese

scops owl Ural owl
trad. (鴟鴞)
simp. (鸱鸮)
alternative forms 鴟梟鸱枭

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (24) (35)
Final () (15) (92)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhij hjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰiɪ/ /ɦˠiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰi/ /ɦᵚiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰjɪ/ /ɣiæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰi/ /ɦiaw/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰi/ /ɣjɛu/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰi/ /ɣĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi/ /i̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chī yáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci1 jiu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chī xiāo
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyhij › ‹ hjew ›
Old
Chinese
/*tʰij/ /*ʷ(r)aw/
English 鴟鵂 tsyhij.xjuw owl 鴟鴞 tsyhij.hjew 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 4921
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰjil/ /*ɦraw/

Noun

鴟鴞

  1. true owl (of the Strigidae family)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 覓鶚 (“eagle”).
(This term is a variant form of 覓鶚).

References