Translingual

Han character

鴉 (radical 196 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一竹竹日火 (MHHAF), four-corner 1722₇, composition ⿰牙鳥)

References

• KangXi: page 1484, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46738
• Dae Jaweon: page 2016, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4618, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9D09

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology

Cognate with 烏 (OC *qaː, “crow; raven”). The Middle Chinese of 鴉 retains the earlier vowel.

Pronunciation

Noun

鴉

1. crow, raven

See also

• 烏／乌 (wū)

Japanese

鴉(karasu)

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: え (e)
• Kan’on: あ (a)
• Kun: からす (karasu)

Compounds

• 鴉片 (あへん) ‎(ahen, “opium”)
• 鴉鷺 (あろ) ‎(aro, “crow and heron; black and white”)
• 寒鴉 (かんあ) ‎(kan'a, “winter crow”)
• 暁鴉 (ぎょうあ) ‎(gyōa, “crow cawing in the morning”)
• 宿鴉 (しゅくあ) ‎(shukua, “roosting crow”)
• 乱鴉 (らんあ) ‎(ran'a, “wildly flying crows”)

Etymology

Compound of から ‎(kara, “caw”, onomatopoeia) +‎ す ‎(su, “bird?”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names).^[1] Compare the す ‎(su) in 鶯 ‎(uguisu), 杜鵑 ‎(hototogisu).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) か​らす [káꜜràsù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾ̠a̠sɯᵝ]

Alternative forms

• 烏

Noun

鴉 ‎(hiragana からす, katakana カラス, romaji karasu)

1. crow, raven

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Kikai

Kanji

鴉 ‎(hiragana がらさー, romaji garasā, hiragana がるさー, romaji garusā)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鴉 ‎(karasu).

Alternative forms

• 烏

Noun

鴉 ‎(hiragana がらさー, romaji garasā, hiragana がるさー, romaji garusā)

1. crow, raven

Korean

Hanja

鴉 • ‎(a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)

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Northern Amami-Oshima

Kanji

鴉 ‎(hiragana からすぃ, romaji karasi)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鴉 ‎(karasu).

Alternative forms

• 烏

Noun

鴉 ‎(hiragana からすぃ, romaji karasi)

1. crow, raven

Oki-No-Erabu

Kanji

鴉 ‎(hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鴉 ‎(karasu).

Alternative forms

• 烏

Noun

鴉 ‎(hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)

1. crow, raven

Vietnamese

Han character

鴉 (ác, nha, a)

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Yonaguni

Kanji

鴉 ‎(hiragana がらち, romaji garachi)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鴉 ‎(karasu).

Alternative forms

• 烏

Noun

鴉 ‎(hiragana がらち, romaji garachi)

1. crow, raven