烏
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Translingual
Han character
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烏 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹口卜火 (HRYF), four-corner 27327, composition ⿱丿⿹⿺㇉⿱コ一灬)
Derived characters
- 𠌥(𠆿), 𭂛, 嗚(呜), 塢(坞), 𡠄, 嵨, 摀, 溩, 隖(𬮻), 㮧, 熓(𤆡), 瑦, 䃖, 螐, 䡧, 鎢(钨), 䖚, 鰞, 𠞆(𠛆), 歍, 鄔(邬)
Related characters
- 乌 (Simplified Chinese)
References
- KangXi: page 670, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18998
- Dae Jaweon: page 1079, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2202, character 3
- Unihan data for U+70CF
Chinese
trad. | 烏 | |
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simp. | 乌 | |
alternative forms | 𠂶 𡖗 𡗃 𤚶 𥾪 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 烏 | |
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
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Old Chinese | |
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烏 | *qaː |
嗚 | *qaː |
鰞 | *qaː |
歍 | *qaː |
鎢 | *qaː |
瑦 | *qaː, *qaːʔ |
鄔 | *qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas |
螐 | *qaː |
隖 | *qaːʔ |
塢 | *qaːʔ, *qaːs |
溩 | *qaːʔ |
Pictogram (象形) – a bird. Compare 鳥 (“bird”), of similar development.
Etymology
- “crow; black; dark”
- From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka-n (“crow”) (STEDT). Cognate with 鴉 (OC *qraː, “crow; raven”), which retains the earlier vowel in Middle Chinese (*ʔˠa), and 鸒 (OC *la, *las, “jackdaw”).
- Schuessler (2007) considers it to be onomatopoeic, and compares it with Proto-Loloish *akᴸ (“crow”).
- “Black; dark” is a semantic extension of “crow” – “black as a crow”. Compare 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ, “black”), which is cognate with 墨 (OC *mlɯːɡ, “ink”).
- “sun”
- The Three-legged crow was thought to reside in the Sun.
- interrogative pronoun
- Related to the following interrogative pronouns with similar phonological shapes in Old Chinese (Wang, 1982), with differing suffixes:
- 焉 (OC *qan, *qran, “how; where”)
- 惡 (OC *qaː, “how”)
- 安 (OC *qaːn, “where; how; why”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
烏
- crow; raven; rook
- 莫赤匪狐、莫黑匪烏。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Mò chì fěi hú, mò hēi fěi wū. [Pinyin]
- Nothing red is seen but foxes, nothing black but crows.
莫赤匪狐、莫黑匪乌。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (obsolete, metonymically) sun
- 兔走烏飛/兔走乌飞 ― tùzǒuwūfēi ― time passes quickly (literally, “the rabbit [of the moon] runs and the crow [of the sun] flies”)
- (literary or in compounds or Hakka, Min) black; dark
- 烏雲/乌云 ― wūyún ― dark cloud
- 烏油油/乌油油 ― wūyóuyóu ― glossy black
- 嘴唇發烏/嘴唇发乌 ― zuǐchún fā wū ― one's lips turn black
- 匈奴騎,其西方盡白馬,東方盡青駹馬,北方盡烏驪馬,南方盡騂馬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Xiōngnú qí, qí xīfāng jìn báimǎ, dōngfāng jìn qīng máng mǎ, běifāng jìn wū lí mǎ, nánfāng jìn xīng mǎ. [Pinyin]
- The mounted troops of the Xiongnu on the west all had white horses; on the east, all blue-green horses; on the north, all black horses; on the south, all red horses.
匈奴骑,其西方尽白马,东方尽青𮪡马,北方尽乌骊马,南方尽骍马。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 天烏烏,欲落雨。 [Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 天烏烏 (A Hokkien nursery rhyme)
- Thiⁿ o͘--o͘, beh lo̍h-hō͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- The sky is dark; it seems like it will rain.
天乌乌,欲落雨。 [Hokkien, simp.]
- (literary) to dye black
- (literary) An interrogative pronoun with a variety of meanings, including "how", "why", "where", etc.
- Short for 烏克蘭/乌克兰 (Wūkèlán, “Ukraine”).
- 俄烏衝突/俄乌冲突 ― é wū chōngtū ― Russia-Ukraine War
- a surname
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 黑, 烏, 青, 皂, 黔, 黢 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 黑 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 黑 |
Taiwan | 黑 | |
Tianjin | 黑 | |
Tangshan | 黑 | |
Cangzhou | 黑 | |
Baoding | 黑 | |
Shijiazhuang | 黑 | |
Chifeng | 黑 | |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 黑 | |
Harbin | 黑 | |
Shenyang | 黑 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 黑 | |
Qingdao | 黑 | |
Jinan | 黑 | |
Wanrong | 黑 | |
Zhengzhou | 黑 | |
Xi'an | 黑 | |
Yinchuan | 黑, 青 | |
Lanzhou | 黑 | |
Xining | 黑 | |
Ürümqi | 黑 | |
Wuhan | 黑, 烏, 青 † | |
Chengdu | 黑, 青 † | |
Chongqing | 黑 | |
Guiyang | 黑 | |
Kunming | 黑 | |
Guilin | 黑 | |
Liuzhou | 黑 | |
Xuzhou | 黑 | |
Yangzhou | 黑 | |
Nanjing | 黑 | |
Hefei | 黑 | |
Nantong | 黑 | |
Malaysia | 黑 | |
Singapore | 黑 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 黑 |
Hong Kong | 黑 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 黑 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 黑 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 烏, 黑 skin | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 烏 | |
Macau | 黑 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 黑 | |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 黑 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 黑 | |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 黑, 烏 | |
Foshan | 黑 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 黑 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 黑 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 黑 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 黑 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 黑 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 黑 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 黑 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 黑 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 黑 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 黑 | |
Taishan | 黑 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 黑 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 黑 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 黑 | |
Dongguan | 黑 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 黑 | |
Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 黑 | |
Yangjiang | 黑 | |
Nanning | 黑 | |
Danzhou | 黑 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 黑 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 黑 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 黑, 烏, 青 † |
Pingxiang | 黑 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 烏 |
Xingning | 烏 | |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 烏 | |
Huiyang | 烏 | |
Huidong (Daling) | 烏 | |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 烏 | |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 烏 | |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 黑 | |
Wuhua (Huacheng) | 烏 | |
Heyuan (Bendihua) | 烏 | |
Wengyuan | 烏 | |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 烏 | |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 烏 | |
Liannan | 黑 | |
Conghua (Lütian) | 黑 | |
Jiexi | 烏 | |
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 烏 | |
Changting | 烏 | |
Wuping | 烏 | |
Wuping (Yanqian) | 烏 | |
Wuping (Pingyu) | 烏 | |
Liancheng | 烏 | |
Ninghua | 烏 | |
Yudu | 黑 | |
Ningdu | 黑 | |
Ruijin | 烏 | |
Shicheng | 烏 | |
Shangyou (Shexi) | 烏 | |
Tonggu (Sandu) | 烏 | |
Ganzhou (Panlong) | 烏 | |
Dayu | 烏 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 烏 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 烏 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 烏 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 烏 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 烏 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 烏 | |
Hong Kong | 烏 | |
Yangxi (Tangkou) | 烏 | |
Yangchun (Sanjia) | 烏 | |
Xinyi (Sihe) | 烏 | |
Xinyi (Qianpai) | 烏 | |
Gaozhou (Xindong) | 烏 | |
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 烏 | |
Huazhou (Xin'an) | 烏 | |
Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 烏 | |
Lianjiang (Qingping) | 烏 | |
Mengshan (Xihe) | 烏 | |
Luchuan | 烏 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 烏 | |
Kuching (Hepo) | 烏 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 黑 |
Shexian | 黑 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 黑 |
Xinzhou | 黑 | |
Linhe | 黑 | |
Jining | 黑 | |
Hohhot | 黑 | |
Zhangjiakou | 黑 | |
Handan | 黑 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 烏, 青 † |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 烏, 青 † |
Changle | 烏 | |
Fuqing | 烏 | |
Yongtai | 烏 | |
Gutian | 烏 | |
Fu'an | 烏 | |
Ningde | 烏 | |
Shouning | 烏 | |
Zhouning | 烏 | |
Fuding | 烏 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 烏 |
Quanzhou | 烏 | |
Jinjiang | 烏 | |
Yongchun | 烏 | |
Zhangzhou | 烏 | |
Taipei | 烏 | |
Kaohsiung | 烏 | |
Yilan | 烏 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 烏 | |
Taichung | 烏 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 烏 | |
Tainan | 烏 | |
Taitung | 烏 | |
Hsinchu | 烏 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 烏 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 烏 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 烏 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 烏 | |
Medan (Hokkien) | 烏 | |
Pingnan (Shangdu) | 黑 | |
Chaozhou | 烏 | |
Shantou | 烏 | |
Shantou (Chenghai) | 烏 | |
Jieyang | 烏 | |
Lufeng | 烏 | |
Haifeng | 烏 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 烏 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 烏 | |
Leizhou | 烏 | |
Wenchang | 烏 | |
Haikou | 烏 | |
Qionghai | 烏 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 烏 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 烏 |
Xianyou | 烏 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 黑 |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 黑, 烏 |
Shehua | Fu'an | 黑 |
Fuding | 黑 | |
Luoyuan | 黑 | |
Sanming | 烏 | |
Shunchang | 烏 | |
Hua'an | 烏 | |
Guixi (Zhangping) | 烏 | |
Cangnan | 黑 | |
Jingning | 黑 | |
Lishui | 黑 | |
Longyou | 黑 | |
Chaozhou | 黑 | |
Fengshun | 烏 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 黑 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 黑 | |
Suzhou | 黑 | |
Danyang | 黑 | |
Hangzhou | 黑 | |
Ningbo | 黑 | |
Wenzhou | 黑, 烏, 青 † | |
Jinhua | 黑 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 黑, 青 † |
Shuangfeng | 黑, 青 † | |
Note | † - usually describes the color of cloth or thread |
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 烏, 鴉 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 烏鴉 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 老鴰, 老鴉兒 |
Taiwan | 烏鴉 | |
Tianjin | 老鴰 | |
Langfang | 老鴰 | |
Tangshan | 老鴰 | |
Cangzhou | 老鴰 | |
Baoding | 老鴰 | |
Shijiazhuang | 老鴰 | |
Daming | 老鴰 | |
Ulanhot | 老鴰 | |
Tongliao | 老鴰 | |
Chifeng | 老鴰 | |
Bayanhot | 老哇 | |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老鴰 | |
Harbin | 老哇, 老哇子, 黑老哇, 烏鴉 | |
Shenyang | 老鴰 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 黑老哇子 | |
Qingdao | 老哇 | |
Jinan | 老鴰, 黑老鴰 | |
Luoyang | 老鴰 | |
Wanrong | 老哇 | |
Zhengzhou | 老鴰 | |
Xi'an | 老哇, 黑老哇 | |
Yinchuan | 老哇 | |
Lanzhou | 老哇, 狼老哇 | |
Xining | 老哇, 鴰老闆 | |
Ürümqi | 老哇 | |
Wuhan | 老哇 | |
Huanggang | 老鴉 | |
Chengdu | 老哇, 烏鴉 | |
Guiyang | 老哇 | |
Kunming | 老哇 | |
Guilin | 烏鴉 | |
Pingle | 烏鴉 | |
Liuzhou | 烏鴉, 烏鴉鳥 | |
Luzhai | 烏鴉 | |
Xuzhou | 老鴰, 烏鴉 | |
Yangzhou | 老鴉 | |
Nanjing | 老哇, 黑老哇 | |
Hefei | 老鴰子, 老鴰 | |
Nantong | 老鴉 | |
Malaysia | 烏鴉 | |
Singapore | 烏鴉 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 老哇, 黑老哇, 烏鴉 | |
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 黑老哇 | |
Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老哇 | |
Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 老哇 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
Hong Kong | 烏鴉 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 老鴉 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 烏鴉 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 烏鴉 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老鴉 | |
Macau | 烏鴉 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 烏鴉 | |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老鴉 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 呱乸 | |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 烏鴉 | |
Foshan | 烏鴉 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 烏鴉 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 烏鴉 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 鴉雀 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 烏鴉 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 烏鴉 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 烏鴉 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 烏鴉 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 烏鴉 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 烏鴉 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 烏鴉 | |
Taishan | 烏鴉 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 烏鴉 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 烏鴉 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 烏鴉 | |
Dongguan | 烏鴉 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 烏鴉 | |
Shaoguan | 烏鴉 | |
Yunfu | 烏鴉 | |
Yangjiang | 老鴉 | |
Xinyi | 烏鴉 | |
Lianjiang | 烏鴉 | |
Nanning | 烏鴉 | |
Wuzhou | 烏鴉 | |
Yulin | 烏鴉 | |
Hepu (Lianzhou) | 烏鴉 | |
Beihai | 烏鴉 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老鴉 | |
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 | |
Dongxing | 烏鴉 | |
Danzhou | 老鴉 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 烏鴉 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 烏鴉 | |
Móng Cái | 烏鴉, 老鴉 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 老鴉 |
Lichuan | 老鴉 | |
Pingxiang | 老鴉, 鴉雀 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 老鴉 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 烏鴉 | |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 烏鴉 | |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 烏鴉 | |
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 老鴉 | |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 烏鴉 | |
Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 烏鴉 | |
Wuhua (Huacheng) | 烏鴉 | |
Wuhua (Changbu) | 烏鴉 | |
Wuhua (Mianyang) | 烏鴉 | |
Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老鴉 | |
Liannan | 老鴉 | |
Conghua (Lütian) | 烏鴉 | |
Jiexi | 老鴉 | |
Changting | 烏鴉鵲 | |
Liancheng | 老鴉 | |
Ninghua | 老鴉子 | |
Yudu | 老鴉 | |
Shicheng | 老鴉 | |
Shangyou (Shexi) | 老鴉 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老鴉仔 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 烏鴉仔, 老鴉仔, 烏鴉 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 烏鴉 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老鴉, 烏鴉 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 烏鴉 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 烏鴉 | |
Hong Kong | 老鴉, 烏鴉 | |
Luchuan | 烏鴉 | |
Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老鴉, 烏鴉 | |
Sabah (Longchuan) | 烏鴉 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 老鴉 | |
Singkawang | 烏鴉 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 老鴉 |
Shexian | 老鴉 | |
Tunxi | 老鴉 | |
Xiuning | 老鴉 | |
Yixian | 老鴉 | |
Qimen | 老鴉 | |
Wuyuan | 老鴉 | |
Dexing | 老鴉 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 黑老哇 |
Pingyao | 黑老哇 | |
Xinzhou | 黑澇鴉兒 | |
Taibus (Baochang) | 黑老哇 | |
Linhe | 黑老哇 | |
Jining | 黑老哇 | |
Hohhot | 黑老哇 | |
Baotou | 烏鴉 | |
Dongsheng | 黑老哇 | |
Haibowan | 黑老哇 | |
Zhangjiakou | 老哇 | |
Handan | 老鴰 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 老鴉 |
Jian'ou (Dikou) | 老鴉 | |
Songxi | 老鴉 | |
Zhenghe | 老鴉 | |
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 老烏 | |
Jianyang | 老鴉 | |
Wuyishan | 老鴉 | |
Pucheng (Shibei) | 老鴉 | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 老鴉 |
Changle | 老鴉 | |
Fuqing | 老鴉 | |
Yongtai | 老鴰 | |
Gutian | 老鴉 | |
Fu'an | 老鴉 | |
Ningde | 老鴉 | |
Shouning | 老鴉 | |
Zhouning | 老鴉 | |
Fuding | 老鴉 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 烏鴉 |
Quanzhou | 烏鴉 | |
Zhangzhou | 烏鴉 | |
Dongshan | 烏鴉 | |
Taipei | 烏鴉 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 烏鴉 | |
Kaohsiung | 烏鴉, 烏鴉仔 | |
Yilan | 烏鴉仔 | |
Kinmen | 烏鴉 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 烏鴉 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 烏鴉 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 烏鴉, 歹鳥 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 烏鴉 | |
Zhangping | 老鴉 | |
Zhangping (Yongfu) | 老鴉 | |
Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老鴉 | |
Chaozhou | 烏鴉 | |
Haifeng | 烏鴉 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 烏鴉 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 烏鴉 | |
Leizhou | 沙烏 | |
Wenchang | 衫烏 | |
Qionghai | 衫烏 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 鶚卵, 烏鴉 |
Xianyou | 鶚卵 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 烏鴉 |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 烏鴉 |
Shehua | Fu'an | 老鴉 |
Fuding | 老鴉 | |
Luoyuan | 老鴉 | |
Sanming | 老鴉 | |
Shunchang | 老鴉 | |
Hua'an | 老鴉 | |
Guixi (Zhangping) | 老鴉 | |
Cangnan | 老鴉 | |
Jingning | 老鴉 | |
Lishui | 老鴉 | |
Longyou | 老鴉 | |
Chaozhou | 烏鴉 | |
Fengshun | 老鴉 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 老鴉 | |
Suzhou | 老鴉, 烏鴉 | |
Danyang | 烏老鴉, 烏鴉, 老鴉 | |
Hangzhou | 烏老鴉, 烏老鴉兒, 烏鴉 | |
Ningbo | 老鴉, 烏鴉 | |
Wenzhou | 老鴉, 烏老鴉 | |
Jinhua | 烏老鴉, 烏鴉 | |
Jinhua (Tangxi) | 烏老鴉 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 老哇子, 老哇 |
Loudi | 老哇子, 老哇 | |
Shuangfeng | 老哇子 | |
Quanzhou | 烏鴉 |
See also
- 惡/恶 (è)
Compounds
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References
- “烏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學/香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02407
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
- Go-on: う (u)
- Kan-on: お (o)←を (wo, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: え (e)
- Kun: からす (karasu, 烏); いずくんぞ (izukunzo, 烏んぞ)←いづくんぞ (idukunzo, historical); なんぞ (nanzo, 烏ぞ)
Compounds
- 烏賊 (ika): squid, cuttlefish
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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烏 |
からす Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 烏 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 烏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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烏 |
う Jinmeiyō |
goon |
From Middle Chinese 烏 (MC ʔuo).
The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝ]
Affix
烏 • (u)
- crow; raven
- black; dark
- (figuratively) sun
- A Chinese interrogative for rhetorical questions.
- 烏有 ― uyū ― (literally “not-have”) nonexistence; nothing
Derived terms
- 屋烏 (okuu): crow perching on a roof
- 烏喙骨 (ukaikotsu): coracoid (bone)
- 烏合 (ugō)
- 烏口骨 (ukōkotsu): coracoid (bone)
- 烏合の衆 (ugō no shū): a rabble, a mob, a disorderly crowd
- 烏骨鶏 (ukokkei): silky, silkie (breed of chicken)
- 烏啄骨 (utakukotsu): coracoid (bone)
- 烏有 (uyū): nonexistence, nothing
Kikai
Alternative forms
- 鴉
Kanji
烏 (hiragana がらさー, romaji garasā, hiragana がるさー, romaji garusā)
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).
Noun
烏 (hiragana がらさー, romaji garasā, hiragana がるさー, romaji garusā)
- crow, raven
Korean
Hanja
烏 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)
- Hanja form? of 오 (“crow”).
Northern Amami-Oshima
Alternative forms
- 鴉
Kanji
烏 (hiragana からすぃ, romaji karasi)
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).
Noun
烏 (hiragana からすぃ, romaji karasi)
- crow, raven
Oki-No-Erabu
Alternative forms
- 鴉
Kanji
烏 (hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).
Noun
烏 (hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)
- crow, raven
Okinawan
Alternative forms
- 鴉
Kanji
烏 (hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).
Noun
烏 (hiragana がらし, romaji garashi)
- crow, raven
Vietnamese
Han character
烏: Hán Nôm readings: ô
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Yonaguni
Alternative forms
- 鴉
Kanji
烏 (hiragana がらち, romaji garachi)
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).
Noun
烏 (hiragana がらち, romaji garachi)
- crow, raven