鴝

Information about character(s)

Radical: 鳥
Radical Strokes: 11
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 鸲
Variants: 朐鸜

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qú
Cantonese: keoi4
JapaneseKun: HAHATSUCHOU
JapaneseOn: KU GU
Vietnamese: cu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mynah; Erithacus species (various)

CE-Dict: (bound form, used in the names of birds of various biological families)

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《鳥部》鴝鴝鵒也。从鳥句聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集中】【鳥字部】鴝
〔古文〕𪁖𩿩【唐韻】其俱切【集韻】權俱切，𠀤音劬。【說文】鴝鵒。【爾雅翼】鴝鵒，似鵙而有幘，飛輒成羣。字書謂之哵哵鳥。一名鴝𪃪。一作鸜。【山海經註】鸜鵒，鴝鵒也。【正字通】又名八哥。幽明錄云：五月五日，翦其舌端使圓，敎令學語，能人言。又鴝掇，蟲名。【列子·天瑞篇】蝴蝶胥也。化而爲蟲，生竈下，其狀若脫，其名曰鴝掇。鴝掇千日，化而爲鳥，其名爲乾餘骨。又【廣韻】古侯切【集韻】居侯切，𠀤音鉤。【廣韻】鴝鵒鳥。【集韻】鵂鶹也。又【集韻】居𠋫切，音冓。鳥聲，雉鳴也。

CF-Dict: martin huppé (Acridotheres cristatellus)