鶯

See also: 莺 and 鴬
鶯 U+9DAF, 鶯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DAF
← 鶮
[U+9DAE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鶰 →
[U+9DB0]

Translingual

Traditional 鶯
Shinjitai
(extended)		 鴬
Simplified 莺

Han character

鶯 (radical 196, 鳥+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 火火月竹火 (FFBHF), four-corner 99327, composition ⿱𤇾鳥)

  1. oriole
  2. greenfinch

References

  • KangXi: page 1496, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47169
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2025, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4653, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9DAF

Chinese

trad. 鶯
simp. 莺
alt. forms 鸎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (熒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鶯 *qreːŋ
罃 *qreːŋ
嫈 *qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮 *qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮 *pqʰʷeːŋ
謍 *qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝 *qʷraːŋʔ
嶸 *ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
嵤 *ɢʷreːŋ
榮 *ɢʷreŋ
瑩 *ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
蠑 *ɢʷreŋ
禜 *ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
醟 *ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
檾 *kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢 *ɡʷeŋ
焭 *ɡʷeŋ
縈 *qʷeŋ
營 *ɢʷeŋ
鎣 *ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
塋 *ɢʷeŋ
濴 *ɢʷeŋ
熒 *ɡʷeːŋ
螢 *ɡʷeːŋ
滎 *ɡʷeːŋ
濙 *qʷeːŋʔ
瀅 *qʷeːŋs

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 鶯
Mandarin Beijing /iŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /iŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /iŋ²¹/
Jinan /iŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /iŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /iŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /iŋ²¹/
Xining /iə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /iŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /iŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /inin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /in⁵⁵/
Guiyang /in⁵⁵/
Kunming /ĩ/
Nanjing /in³¹/
Hefei /in²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /iŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /iŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /in⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔin³³/
Wenzhou /j̠aŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /iʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /iɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /in³³/
Xiangtan /in³³/
Gan Nanchang /in⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /in⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /in²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ɐŋ⁵⁵/
Nanning /jeŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /ɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /iŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ɛiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /aiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /eŋ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /eŋ²³/
Rime
Character 鶯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 烏莖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ʔɛŋ/
Wang
Li		 /æŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ēng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鶯
Reading # 1/1
No. 15354
Phonetic
component		 熒
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 甖
Old
Chinese		 /*qreːŋ/

Definitions

鶯

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Compounds

  • 夜鶯／夜莺 (yèyīng)
  • 崔鶯鶯／崔莺莺
  • 新鶯出谷／新莺出谷
  • 春鶯／春莺
  • 柳嚲鶯嬌／柳亸莺娇
  • 柳鶯／柳莺
  • 歌鶯舞燕／歌莺舞燕
  • 流鶯／流莺 (liúyīng)
  • 燕侶鶯儔／燕侣莺俦
  • 燕儔鶯侶／燕俦莺侣
  • 燕妒鶯慚／燕妒莺惭
  • 燕約鶯期／燕约莺期
  • 燕舞鶯啼／燕舞莺啼
  • 燕語鶯呼／燕语莺呼
  • 燕語鶯啼／燕语莺啼
  • 燕語鶯聲／燕语莺声
  • 舞燕歌鶯／舞燕歌莺
  • 草長鶯飛／草长莺飞
  • 鶯儔燕侶／莺俦燕侣
  • 鶯啼／莺啼
  • 鶯啼燕語／莺啼燕语
  • 鶯梭／莺梭
  • 鶯歌／莺歌
  • 鶯歌燕舞／莺歌燕舞
  • 鶯燕／莺燕
  • 鶯粉／莺粉
  • 鶯聲燕語／莺声燕语
  • 鶯花／莺花
  • 鶯花寨／莺花寨
  • 鶯谷／莺谷
  • 鶯遷／莺迁
  • 鶯飛草長／莺飞草长
  • 鶯鶯傳／莺莺传
  • 鶯鶯燕燕／莺莺燕燕
  • 黃鶯／黄莺 (huángyīng)
  • 黃鶯語／黄莺语

Japanese

Kanji

鶯

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

  1. nightingale

Readings

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Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鶯
うぐいす
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

/uɡupi1 su/ invalid IPA characters (1) → /uɡupisu/ → /uɡufisu/ → /uɡuwisu/ → /uɡuisu/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

鶯 (hiragana うぐいす, katakana ウグイス, rōmaji uguisu, historical hiragana うぐひす, historical katakana ウグヒス)

  1. Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 837)[3], text here
      波 (は)流 (る)能 (の)努 (の)尓 (に)奈 (な)久 (く)夜 (や)汙 (う)隅 (ぐ)比 (ひ)須 (す)奈 (な)都 (つ)気 (け)牟 (む)得 (と)和 (わ)何 (が)弊 (へ)能 (の)曽 (そ)能 (の)尓 (に)汙 (う)米 (め)何 (が)波 (は)奈 (な)佐 (さ)久 (く)　笇 (さん)師 (し)志 (し)氏 (しの)大道 (おほみち) [Man'yōgana]
      春 (はる)の野 (の)に鳴 (な)くや鴬 (うぐひす)なつけむと我 (わ)が家 (へ)の園 (その)に梅 (うめ)が花 (はな)咲 (さ)く　笇 (さん)師 (し)志 (し)氏 (しの)大道 (おほみち) [Modern spelling]
      haru no no ni naku ya uguisu natsukemu to waga e no sono ni ume ga hana-saku
      The warbler singing in the unplowed springtime fields―that it be content to live close at hand the plum blooms in my arbor now. (Master of Computation Shiki[sic] no Ōmichi)[4]
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4495)[5], text here
      打 (うち)奈 (な)婢 (び)久 (く)波 (は)流 (る)等 (と)毛 (も)之 (し)流 (る)久 (く)宇 (う)具 (ぐ)比 (ひ)須 (す)波 (は)宇 (う)恵 (ゑ)木 (き)之 (の)樹 (こ)間 (ま)乎 (を)奈 (な)枳 (き)和 (わ)多 (た)良 (ら)奈 (な)牟 (む) [Man'yōgana]
      うち靡 (なび)く春 (はる)ともしるく鴬 (うぐひす)は植 (うゑ)木 (き)の木 (こ)間 (ま)を鳴 (な)き渡 (わた)らなむ [Modern spelling]
      uchinabiku haru to mo shiruku uguisu wa ueki no koma o naki watarunan
      To know clearly that spring has come (minding of tender young herbs), that nightingale between the planted trees, let him come and sing repeatedly![6]
    • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 14)[7]
      うぐひすの谷 (たに)よりいづる声 (こゑ)なくははるくることを誰 (たれ)かしらまし
      uguisu no tani yori izuru koe naku wa haru kuru koto o tare ka shiramashi
      Without the voice of the warbler that comes out of the valley, how would we know the arrival of spring?[8]
  2. an olive-green color, as the rear of a bush warbler (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. a description for a woman's beautiful voice (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  4. a metal skewer used in 香道 (kōdō) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  5. a bamboo skewer used in binding (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Usage notes

Synonyms

  • (warbler, archaic): 花 (はな)見 (み)鳥 (どり) (hanami-dori)
  • (warbler, archaic): 経 (きょう)読 (よ)み鳥 (どり) (kyōyomi-dori)
  • (olive-green color): 鶯 (うぐいす)茶 (ちゃ) (uguisu-cha)

Derived terms

Idioms

  • 鶯 (うぐいす)鳴 (な)かせたこともある (uguisu nakaseta koto mo aru)
  • 鶯 (うぐいす)の卵 (かいご)の中 (なか)の時鳥 (ほととぎす) (uguisu no kaigo no naka no hototogisu)
  • 鶯 (うぐいす)の谷 (たに)渡 (わた)り (uguisu no tani watari)

See also

Proper noun

鶯 (hiragana うぐいす, rōmaji Uguisu, historical hiragana うぐひす)

  1. a surname​.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ↑ Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
  4. ↑ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 546
  5. ↑ Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2003, →ISBN.
  6. ↑ Jan Lodewijk Pierson, Jr. (1963) The Manyôśû Translated and Annotated, Book XX, Leiden: Brill Archive (E.J. Brill), page 202
  7. ↑ Kojima, Noriyuki; Arai Eizō (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  8. ↑ Haruo Shirane (2013) Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts, illustrated, reprint edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 34

Korean

Hanja

鶯 • (aeng) (hangeul 앵, revised aeng, McCune–Reischauer aeng, Yale ayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鶯 (oanh, anh)

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