鷓鴣

Perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit चकोर (cakora, “partridge”) (Ali, 1949 and Schafer, 1967; apud Bocci & Ptak, 2016).[1]

鷓鴣

1. francolin; partridge (usually a member of Francolinus)

   • 鷓鴣，吳，楚之野悉有。嶺南偏多此鳥。肉白而脆，遠勝雞雉。能解葛幷菌毒。臆前有白圓點，背上間紫赤毛。其大如野雞，多對啼。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     鹧鸪，吴，楚之野悉有。岭南偏多此鸟。肉白而脆，远胜鸡雉。能解葛并菌毒。臆前有白圆点，背上间紫赤毛。其大如野鸡，多对啼。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE

     Zhègū, Wú, Chǔ zhī yě xī yǒu. Lǐngnán piān duō cǐ niǎo. Ròu bái ér cuì, yuǎn shèng jīzhì. Néng jiě gě bìng jūn dú. Yìqián yǒu bái yuándiǎn, bèishàng jiān zǐchì máo. Qí dà rú yějī, duō duì tí. [Pinyin]

     Chinese francolins can be found everywhere in the open fields of Wu and Chu and are [also] widely spread in Lingnan. Their white, tender meat is by far better than chicken or pheasant [meat], and it can act as an antidote against poisoning by the pueraria pea and mushrooms. [These birds] have white dots on the breast and purple-reddish feathers in the middle of the back. They are as big as wild fowl and often tweet to one another.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) しゃ​こ [sháꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ko̞]

鷓(しゃ)鴣(こ) • (shako) 

1. francolin