鵺

鵺	U+9D7A, 鵺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D7A

← 鵹
[U+9D79]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鵻 →
[U+9D7B]

Translingual

Han character

鵺 (radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input XXX卜月 (XXXYB) or 卜大竹日火 (YKHAF), composition ⿰夜鳥)

References

KangXi: page 1493, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47030

Dae Jaweon: page 2023, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4643, character 2

Unihan data for U+9D7A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鵺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
夜	*laːɡs
鵺	*laːɡs
迹	*ʔsleːɡ
跡	*ʔsleːɡ
亦	*laːɡ
弈	*laːɡ
奕	*laːɡ
帟	*laːɡ
腋	*laːɡ
掖	*laːɡ
焲	*laːɡ
液	*laːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yè (ye⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /jia^H/▼

Rime
Character	鵺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊謝切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jia^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jia^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ia^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jia^H/
Li Rong	/ia^H/
Wang Li	/jĭa^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯a^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*laːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵺
Reading #	1/1
No.	14993
Phonetic component	亦
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	夜
Old Chinese	/*laːɡs/
Notes	見山海經

Definitions

鵺

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Japanese

鵺(nue)

Kanji

鵺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: や (ya)
Kan-on: や (ya)
Kun: ぬえ (nue, 鵺)

Etymology

/nue₂/: [nuye] → [nue].

Alternative forms

鵼

Noun

鵺 (hiragana ぬえ, rōmaji nue)

a type of bird, Zoothera dauma; common name: White's Thrush
- 712, Kojiki
  [...] 阿遠夜麻邇奴延波那伎佐怒都登理岐藝斯波登與牟 [...]
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 7, page 21:
  鵼唐韵云鵼音空漢語抄云沼江新撰字鏡鵺鵼並訓奴江按奴延見古事記八千戈神歌万葉集奴延鳥奴要子鳥即是 [...] 今俗呼鬼都具美 [...] 按關東俗呼虎都具美恠鳥也
a mystical creature with the head of a monkey, the body of a tanuki, the tail of a snake, and the legs of a tiger; similar to a chimera
- p. 1221, Heike Monogatari (volume 4)
  其時上下手々に火をともいて、これを御らんじみ給ふに、かしらは猿、むくろは狸、尾はくちなは、手足は虎の姿なり。なく聲鵼にぞにたりける。おそろしなどもをろか也。[...]去る應保のころほひ、二条院御在位の時、鵼といふ化鳥禁中にないて、しば々々宸襟をなやます事ありき。[...]ころはさ月廿日あまりの、まだよひの事なるに、鵼たゞ一聲おとづれて、二聲ともなかざりけり。[...]頼政はかりことに、まづおほかぶらをとてつがひ、鵼の聲しつる内裏のうへへぞいあげたる。鵼かぶらのをとにおどろいて、虚空にしばしひゝめいたり。二の矢に小鏑ととつがひ、ひふつとゐきて、鵼とかぶらとならべて前にぞおとしたる。[...]頼政にかづけ給ふとて、「昔の養由は雲の外の鴈をいき。今の頼政は雨のうちに鵼をゐたり」とぞ感ぜられける。

References

Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
1957, Yutaka Tsuchihashi, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Kodai Kayōshū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
Takagi, Ichinosuke; Masao Ozawa, Kaoru Atsumi, Haruhiko Kindaichi (after 1221) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 32: Heike Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1959, →ISBN