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Definition 2024


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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character

(radical 196 +11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸口竹日火 (SRHAF), four-corner 77727, composition)

  1. seagull

References

  • KangXi: page 1499, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47268
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2029, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4656, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9DD7

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰoː, *kʰo
*kʰoː
*kʰoː, *qoː
*qoː
*qoː, *qoːʔ
*qoː, *kʰo
*qoː
*qoː
*qoː, *qoːs
*qoː
*qoː, *qoːʔ
*qoː
*qoː
*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
*qoː, *qas
*qoː
*qoːʔ
*qoːʔ
*kʰl'o
*kʰjo
*kʰo, *kʰos
*kʰo
*kʰo
*kʰo
*kʰo
*qoʔ
*qos
*qos

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəw/
Li
Rong
/ʔu/
Wang
Li
/əu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ōu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10585
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qoː/

Definitions

  1. seagull

Compounds

  • 沙鷗沙鸥
  • 海鷗海鸥 (hǎi'ōu)
  • 燕鷗燕鸥
  • 白鷗白鸥
  • 眠鷗宿鷺眠鸥宿鹭
  • 鷗波鸥波
  • 鷗盟鸥盟
  • 鷗邊鸥边
  • 鷗鳥忘機鸥鸟忘机
  • 鷗鴉鸥鸦
  • 鷗鷺忘機鸥鹭忘机

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. seagull

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

  1. seagull

Vietnamese

Han character

(âu)

  1. seagull