杜鵑

See also: 杜鹃

Chinese
fabricate; restrict; to prevent cuckoo
trad. (杜鵑) 杜 鵑
simp. (杜鹃) 杜 鹃

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 杜 鵑
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 徒古切 古玄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /duoX/ /kwen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /duoX/ /kʷen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /doX/ /kuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dɔX/ /kwɛn/
Li
Rong		 /doX/ /kuen/
Wang
Li		 /duX/ /kiwen/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱuoX/ /kiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dù juān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 dou6 gyun1

Noun

杜鵑

  1. (～鳥) cuckoo (bird)
  2. azalea and rhododendron, especially Rhododendron simsii

Synonyms
  • (cuckoo):
Synonyms of 杜鵑

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (杜鵑):
  • → Japanese: 杜(と)鵑(けん) (token)
  • → Korean: 두견(杜鵑) (dugyeon)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
杜 鵑
ほととぎす
Jinmeiyō Hyōgaiji
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 杜鵑 – see the following entry.
【ほととぎすホトトギス】
[noun] the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
Alternative spellings
子規, 時鳥, 杜宇, 杜鵑, 田鵑, 蜀魂, 郭公, 不如帰, ほととぎす
(This term, 杜鵑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
杜 鵑
と
Jinmeiyō		 けん
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 杜鵑 (MC duoX kwen).

Pronunciation

Noun

杜(と)鵑(けん) • (token) 

  1. the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Derived terms

Korean
Hanja in this term
杜鵑

Noun

杜鵑 • (dugyeon) (hangeul 두견)

  1. Hanja form? of 두견 (“cuckoo, azalea”).
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