鶯

See also: 鴬 and 莺

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

Derived characters

• 𫤔, 𫬿, 𡤰, 𮭛

References

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

Chinese

trad.		鶯
simp.		莺
alternative forms		鸎／莺 𦾉／莺 𮹘

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīng (ying¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ang¹
• Northern Min (KCR): áing
• Eastern Min (BUC): ĕng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): eng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): eng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ying
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ang¹
    • Yale: āng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐŋ⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: áing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛiŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: eng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng
    • Tâi-lô: ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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	/in⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/in⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/in⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ĩ⁴⁴/
	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 (Hokkien)	/iŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ɛiŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/aiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/eŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/eŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'eang

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
Baxter	'eang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔɛŋ/
Wang Li	/æŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qreːŋ/

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

1. oriole

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
• 葦鶯 / 苇莺 (wěiyīng)
• 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 (yīnggē)
• 鶯歌燕舞 / 莺歌燕舞 (yīnggēyànwǔ)
• 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

FWOTD – 26 August 2019

Shinjitai (extended)	鴬
Kyūjitai	鶯

Kanji

鶯

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鴬)

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: うぐいす (uguisu, 鶯)^{←うぐひす (ugufisu, 鶯, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 鶯(おう)語(ご) (ōgo)
• 鶯(おう)梭(さ) (ōsa)
• 鶯(おう)宿(しゅく)梅(ばい) (ōshukubai)
• 鶯(おう)舌(ぜつ) (ōzetsu)
• 鶯(おう)遷(せん) (ōsen)
• 黄(こう)鶯(おう) (kōō)
• 山(さん)鶯(おう) (san'ō)
• 残(ざん)鶯(おう) (zan'ō)
• 春(しゅん)鶯(おう) (shun'ō)
• 新(しん)鶯(おう) (shin'ō)
• 晩(ばん)鶯(おう) (ban'ō)
• 老(ろう)鶯(おう) (rōō)

Etymology

鶯 (uguisu): a Japanese bush warbler in its characteristic olive-green color.

Kanji in this term
鶯
うぐいす Hyōgai
kun'yomi

⟨uɡupi₁ su⟩ → /uɡupisu/ → /uɡufisu/ → /uɡuwisu/ → /uɡuisu/

From Old Japanese. Compound of うぐい (ugui, onomatopoeia, imitative of the bird's call) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names). Compare the す (su) in 烏 (karasu), 杜鵑 (hototogisu), モズ (mozu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うぐいす [ùgúꜜìsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɡɯ̟isɨ]

Noun

鶯(うぐいす) or 鶯(ウグイス) • (uguisu) ^{←うぐひす (ugufisu) or ウグヒス (ugufisu)?}

1. Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 14)

     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?

2. short for 鶯色 (uguisu iro): an olive-green color, as the rear of a bush warbler
3. short for 鶯声 (uguisu-goe): a description for a woman's beautiful voice
4. a metal skewer used in 香道 (kōdō) to fasten a paper wrapper
5. a bamboo skewer used in binding an obi or similar

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 ウグイス.

Synonyms

• (warbler, archaic): 花(はな)見(み)鳥(どり) (hanami-dori), 経(きょう)読(よ)み鳥(どり) (kyōyomi-dori), 歌読鳥(うたよみどり) (utayomi-dori)
• (olive-green color): 鶯(うぐいす)色(いろ) (uguisu iro), 鶯(うぐいす)茶(ちゃ) (uguisu-cha)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鶯(うぐいす)合(あ)わせ (uguisu-awase)
• 鶯(うぐいす)色(いろ) (uguisu-iro)
• 鶯(ウグイス)貝(ガイ) (uguisugai)
• 鶯(うぐいす)垣(がき) (uguisu-gaki)
• 鶯(ウグイス)神楽(カグラ) (uguisu kagura)
• 鶯(うぐいす)羹(かん) (uguisu-kan)
• 鶯(うぐいす)嬢(じょう) (uguisu-jō)
• 鶯(うぐいす)砂(ずな) (uguisu-zuna)
• 鶯(うぐいす)染(ぞ)め (uguisu-zome)
• 鶯(うぐいす)茶(ちゃ) (uguisu-cha)
• 鶯(うぐいす)塚(づか) (uguisu-zuka)
• 鶯(うぐいす)綴(と)じ (uguisu-toji)
• 鶯(うぐいす)菜(な) (uguisuna, “young greens”)
• 鶯(うぐいす)糠(ぬか) (uguisu-nuka)
• 鶯(うぐいす)張(ば)り (uguisubari, “nightingale floor”)
• 鶯(うぐいす)笛(ぶえ) (uguisu-bue)
• 鶯(うぐいす)豆(まめ) (uguisu-mame)
• 鶯(うぐいす)眉(まゆ) (uguisu-mayu)
• 鶯(うぐいす)餅(もち) (uguisu-mochi)
• 梅(うめ)に鶯(うぐいす) (ume ni uguisu)
• 老(お)い鶯(うぐいす) (oiuguisu)
• 高(コウ)麗(ライ)鶯(ウグイス) (Kōrai uguisu)
• 大(だい)東(とう)鶯(うぐいす) (daitō uguisu)
• 朝(ちょう)鮮(せん)鶯(うぐいす) (Chōsen uguisu)
• 手(て)振(ぶ)り鶯(うぐいす) (teburiu guisu)
• 友(とも)鶯(うぐいす) (tomōguisu)
• 夏(なつ)鶯(うぐいす) (natsūguisu)
• 初(はつ)鶯(うぐいす) (hatsūguisu, “first warbler to chirp in spring”)
• 藪(やぶ)鶯(うぐいす) (yabu-uguisu)
• 山(やま)鶯(うぐいす) (yama-uguisu)

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

• 笹(ささ)鳴(な)き (sasanaki, “twittering of a bush warbler”)
• 三(さん)鳥(ちょう) (sanchō, “cuckoo, bush warbler and wagtail”)
• 雪(セッ)加(カ), 雪(セッ)下(カ) (sekka, “zitting cisticola”)
• 虫(むし)食(く)い, 虫(むし)喰(く)い (mushikui, “leaf warbler”)
• 葦(よし)切(きり) (yoshikiri, “reed warbler”)

Proper noun

鶯(うぐいす) • (Uguisu) ^{←うぐひす (Ugufisu)?}

1. a surname

Further reading

• 鶯 etymology at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)

Korean

Hanja

鶯 (eumhun 꾀꼬리 앵 (kkoekkori aeng))

1. Chinese oriole
2. bush warbler

Compounds

Compounds

• 노앵 (老鶯, noaeng)
• 만앵 (晩鶯, manaeng)
• 앵가 (鶯歌, aengga)
• 앵도 (鶯桃, aengdo)
• 앵사 (鶯梭, aengsa)
• 앵삼 (鶯衫, aengsam)
• 앵설 (鶯舌, aengseol)
• 앵성 (鶯聲, aengseong)
• 앵속각 (鶯粟殼, aengsokgak)
• 앵어 (鶯語, aeng'eo)
• 앵의 (鶯衣, aeng'ui)
• 앵전 (鶯囀, aengjeon)
• 앵접 (鶯蝶, aengjeop)
• 앵제 (鶯啼, aengje)
• 앵혈 (鶯血, aenghyeol)
• 잔앵 (殘鶯, janaeng)
• 추앵 (雛鶯, chuaeng)
• 춘앵무 (春鶯舞, chunaengmu)
• 춘앵전 (春鶯囀, chunaengjeon)
• 황앵 (黃鶯, hwang'aeng)
• 황앵아 (黃鶯兒, hwang'aeng'a)

Vietnamese

Han character

鶯: Hán Việt readings: oanh
鶯: Nôm readings: oanh, anh

1. chữ Hán form of oanh (“oriole”).