鴣

Information about character(s)

Radical: 鳥
Radical Strokes: 11
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 鸪

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gū
Cantonese: gu1
JapaneseKun: SHAKO
JapaneseOn: KO KU
Korean: KO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: species of Taiwan pigeon

CE-Dict: partridge/Francolinus chinensis

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of pigeon -- a partridge; a francolin

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《鳥部》鴣鷓鴣也。从鳥古聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集中】【鳥字部】鴣
【唐韻】古胡切【集韻】【韻會】攻乎切，𠀤音孤。【說文】鷓鴣，小類班鳩。【埤雅】臆前有白圓點文，多對啼，常向日飛，畏霜露，蚤晚稀出，有時夜飛，則以木葉自覆其背。志常南向，不思北徂，雖東西回翅，開翅之始，必先南翥，故一名懷南。江左名爲逐影。其鳴自呼云：鉤輈格磔，行不得也，哥哥。【林通詩】林木叫鉤輈。【註】鷓鴣自呼也。互詳鷓字註。

CF-Dict: perdrix/Francolinus chinensis

Han-De-Dict: Rebhuhn (u.E.) (S)