鴬

鴬

See also: 鷽, 鶯, 鸴, and 莺

鴬 U+9D2C, 鴬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D2C ← 鴫 [U+9D2B] CJK Unified Ideographs 鴭 → [U+9D2D]

Translingual

Traditional	鶯
Shinjitai (extended)	鴬
Simplified	莺

Traditional	鷽
Shinjitai (extended)	鴬
Simplified	鸴

Han character

鴬 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+5, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火月竹日火 (FBHAF) or X火月竹日 (XFBHA), composition ⿱𰃮鳥)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1487, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4626, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9D2C

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 鴬 – see 鷽 (“oriental bullfinch; weaver bird”). (This character, 鴬, is a variant form of 鷽.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鴬 – see 鶯 (“oriole”). (This character, 鴬, is a variant form of 鶯.)

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Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai	鴬
Kyūjitai	鷽

鴬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鷽)

1. Eurasian bullfinch

Readings

• Go-on: がく (gaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)
• Kun: うそ (uso, 鴬)

Kanji

Shinjitai	鴬
Kyūjitai	鶯

鴬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鶯)

1. nightingale

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: うぐいす (uguisu, 鴬)^{←うぐひす (ugufisu, historical)}