鵜

See also: 鹈
鵜 U+9D5C, 鵜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D5C
← 鵛
[U+9D5B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鵝 →
[U+9D5D]

Translingual

Han character

鵜 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金竹竹日火 (CHHAF), four-corner 87227, composition ⿰弟鳥)

  1. pelican

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1490, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46952
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2021, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4637, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+9D5C

Chinese
trad. 鵜
simp. 鹈

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (弟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梯 *tʰiːl
睇 *tʰiːl, *diːls
涕 *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls
挮 *tʰiːlʔ
鬀 *tʰiːls, *diːls
剃 *tʰiːls
綈 *diːl
蕛 *diːl
稊 *diːl
苐 *diːl
鵜 *diːl
銻 *diːl
鮷 *diːl
罤 *diːl
弟 *diːlʔ, *diːls
娣 *diːlʔ, *diːls
悌 *diːlʔ, *diːls
第 *diːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *diːl) : phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鵜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 杜奚切
Baxter dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dɛj/
Li
Rong		 /dei/
Wang
Li		 /diei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 tai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鵜
Reading # 1/1
No. 2290
Phonetic
component		 弟
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 嗁
Old
Chinese		 /*diːl/

Definitions

鵜

  1. Only used in 鵜鶘／鹈鹕 (tíhú).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
鵜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. cormorant

Readings
  • Go-on: だい (dai)
  • Kan-on: てい (tei)
  • Kun: う (u, 鵜)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
鵜
う
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Possibly onomatopoeia of the bird's cry. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

鵜(う) or 鵜(ウ) • (u) 

  1. a cormorant (seabird of the family Phalacrocoracidae)
    Synonym: 島つ鳥 (shimatsutori, shimatsudori)
    Hypernym: ペリカン (perikan)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 鵜(う)飼(か)い (ukai), 鵜(う)飼(が)い (ugai)
  • 鵜(う)匠(しょう) (ushō), 鵜(う)匠(じょう) (ujō)
  • 鵜(ウ)松(ダイ)明(カン)樺(バ) (udaikanba)
  • 鵜(ウ)松(ダイ)明(マツ) (u-daimatsu)
  • 鵜(う)戸(ど) (Udo)
  • 鵜(う)縄(なわ) (unawa)
  • 鵜(う)の足(あし)貝(がい) (unoashigai)
  • 鵜(う)の木(き) (Unoki)
  • 鵜(う)の島(しま) (Unoshima)
  • 鵜(う)の巣(す) (Unosu)
  • 鵜(う)呑(の)み (unomi)
  • 鵜(う)の目(め)硫(い)黄(おう) (unome iō)
  • 鵜(う)の森(もり) (Unomori)
  • 鵜(う)舟(ぶね) (ubune)
  • 鵜(う)祭(まつり) (U Matsuri)
  • 鵜(う)の首(くび)造(づく)り (u no kubizukuri)
  • 荒(あら)鵜(う) (arau)
  • 海(ウミ)鵜(ウ) (umiu)
  • 川(カワ)鵜(ウ), 河(カワ)鵜(ウ) (kawau)
  • 姫(ヒメ)鵜(ウ) (himeu)

Idioms
  • 鵜(う)の目(め)鷹(たか)の目(め) (u no me taka no me)

Proverbs
  • 鵜(う)の真(ま)似(ね)をする烏(からす) (u no mane o suru karasu)
  • 烏(からす)が鵜(う)の真似(まね) (karasu ga u no mane)
  • 烏(からす)を鵜(う)に使(つか)う (karasu o u ni tsukau)

Proper noun

鵜(う) • (U) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鵜 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che, Yale cey)

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