鴎

See also: 鷗 and 鸥

鴎 U+9D0E, 鴎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D0E
← 鴍
[U+9D0D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鴏 →
[U+9D0F]

Translingual
Traditional 鷗
Shinjitai
(extended)		 鴎
Simplified 鸥

Han character

鴎 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸大竹日火 (SKHAF), composition ⿰区鳥)

  1. seagull

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1484, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4618, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9D0E

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

 鴎

Kyūjitai

 鷗

Glyph origin

Extended shinjitai, Asahi simplification form of 鷗.

Kanji
鴎

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

  1. Extended shinjitai form of 鷗: seagull

Readings

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds
  • 鴎(おう)渚(しょ)／鷗(おう)渚(しょ) (ōsho)
  • 鴎(おう)汀(てい)／鷗(おう)汀(てい) (ōtei)
  • 鴎(おう)盟(めい)／鷗(おう)盟(めい) (ōmei)
  • 鴎(おう)鷺(ろ)／鷗(おう)鷺(ろ) (ōro)
  • 鴎(かもめ)尻(じり)／鷗(かもめ)尻(じり) (kamomejiri)
  • 鴎(かもめ)蘭(らん)／鷗(かもめ)蘭(らん) (kamomeran)
  • 海(かい)鴎(おう)／海(かい)鷗(おう) (kaiō)
  • 沙(さ)鴎(おう)／沙(さ)鷗(おう) (saō)
  • 紹(じょう)鴎(おう)棚(だな)／紹(じょう)鷗(おう)棚(だな) (jōōdana)
  • 白(しろ)鴎(かもめ)／白(しろ)鷗(かもめ) (shirokamome): white gull
  • 白(はく)鴎(おう)／白(はく)鷗(おう) (hakuō): white gull
  • 浦(ほ)鴎(おう)／浦(ほ)鷗(おう) (hoō)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
鴎
かもめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
鷗 (kyūjitai)
鷖

Uncertain. One theory suggests from 鴨(かも) (kamo, “duck”) + め (-me, suffix expressing familitarity). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Compare 雀 (suzume, “sparrow”) and 燕 (tsubame, “swallow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

鴎(かもめ) • (kamome) 

  1. common gull (Larus canus)
  2. (by extension) a seagull (any seabird of the family Laridae)

Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カモメ.

Derived terms
  • 鴎(かもめ)髱(づと) (kamomezuto)
  • フルマ鴎(カモメ) (furuma kamome, “northern fulmar”)
  • 背(セ)黒(グロ)鴎(カモメ) (seguro kamome, “herring gull”)
  • 百合(ユリ)鴎(カモメ) (yuri kamome, “black-headed gull”)
  • 盗(トウ)賊(ゾク)鴎(カモメ) (tōzoku kamome, “skua, pomarine skua”)
  • 笑(わら)い鴎(かもめ) (warai kamome, “laughing gull”)
  • 三指(ミツユビ)鴎(カモメ), 三趾(ミツユビ)鷗(カモメ) (mitsuyubi kamome, “black-legged kittiwake”)

Proper noun

鴎(かもめ) • (Kamome) 

  1. a female given name
  2. 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
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