杜鵑

See also: 杜鹃

Chinese

fabricate; restrict; to prevent cuckoo
trad. (杜鵑)
simp. (杜鹃)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (28)
Final () (23) (86)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I IV
Fanqie
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
juān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou6 gyun1

Noun

杜鵑

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

Synonyms

  • (cuckoo):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (杜鵑):
  • Japanese: ()(けん) (token)
  • Korean: 두견(杜鵑) (dugyeon)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
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

Jinmeiyō
けん
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 杜鵑 (MC duoX kwen).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(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

Noun

杜鵑 (dugyeon) (hangeul 두견)

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