鴲

鴲 (radical 196, 鳥+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 心日竹日火 (PAHAF) or X心日竹日 (XPAHA), composition ⿰旨鳥)

• KangXi: page 1487, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46850
• Dae Jaweon: page 2018, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4631, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9D32

鴲

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(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hawfinch

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: しめ (shime, 鴲)

• 鳹

⟨sime₂⟩ → */siməɨ/ → /ɕime/

Likely from Old Japanese.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) し​め [shíꜜmè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕime̞]

鴲 (hiragana しめ, katakana シメ, rōmaji shime)

1. the hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes

   Hypernym: 花鶏 (atori)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as シメ.

⟨pi₁me₂⟩ → */pʲiməɨ/ → /fime/ → /hime/

From Old Japanese.

Distinct from 姫 (⟨pi₁me₁⟩ → hime, “(imperial) princess”).

鴲 (hiragana ひめ, rōmaji hime)

1. (obsolete) the hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 13, poem 3239), text here

     近江 (あふみの)之 (う)海 (み)泊 (とまり)八 (や)十 (そ)有 (あり)八 (や)十 (そ)嶋 (しま)之 (の)嶋 (しま)之 (の)埼 (さき)邪 (ざ)伎 (き)安 (あ)利 (り)立有 (たてる)花 (はな)橘 (たちばな)乎 (を)末枝 (ほつえ)尓 (に)毛 (も)知 (ち)引懸 (ひきかけ)仲 (なかつ)枝 (え)尓 (に)伊 (い)加 (か)流 (る)我 (が)懸 (かけ)下枝 (しづえ)尓 (に)比 (ひ)米 (め)乎 (を)懸 (かけ)己 (な)之 (が)母 (はは)乎 (を)取久 (とらく)乎 (を)不知 (しらに)己 (な)之 (が)父 (ちち)乎 (を)取久 (とらく)乎 (を)思 (し)良 (ら)尓 (に)伊蘇婆比座与 (いそばひをるよ)伊 (い)可 (か)流 (る)我 (が)等 (と)比 (ひ)米 (め)登 (と) [Man'yōgana]

     近江 (あふみ)の海 (うみ)泊 (とま)り八 (や)十 (そ)あり八 (や)十 (そ)島 (しま)の島 (しま)の崎々 (さきざき)あり立 (た)てる花 (はな)橘 (たちばな)を上 (ほ)つ枝 (え)に黐 (もち)引 (ひ)き懸 (か)け中 (なか)つ枝 (え)に斑鳩 (いかるが)懸 (か)け下枝 (しづえ)にひめを懸 (か)け汝 (な)が母 (はは)を取 (と)らくを知 (し)らに汝 (な)が父 (ちち)を取 (と)らくを知 (し)らにいそばひ居 (を)るよ斑鳩 (いかるが)とひめと [Modern spelling]

     Ōmi no umi tomari yaso ari yaso shima no shima no saki-zaki ari-tateru hana-tachibana o hotsue ni mochi hikikake nakatsue ni ikaruga kake shizue ni hime o kake naga haha o toraku o shirani naga chichi o toraku o shirani isobai-oru yo ikaruga to hime to

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     [Note: In some versions, the man'yōgana 比 (⟨pi₁⟩ → hi) is replaced with with 此 (⟨si⟩ → shi), therefore can also be pronounced as the usual shime. Both shime and hime are attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE) and Ruiju Myōgishō (c. 12th century) dictionaries.]