鸚鵡

See also: 鹦鹉

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (鸚鵡)
simp. (鹦鹉)
variant forms 鸚䳇

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (4)
Final () (117) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠɛŋ/ /mɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚæŋ/ /mioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɐŋ/ /mioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəɨjŋ/ /muə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ʔɛŋ/ /mioX/
Wang
Li
/æŋ/ /mĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔæŋ/ /mi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ēng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15328 13185
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qreːŋ/ /*maʔ/
Notes

Noun

鸚鵡

  1. parrot
    鸚鵡不離飛鳥 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    鹦鹉不离飞鸟 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Book of Rites, circa 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Yīngwǔ néng yán, bùlí fēiniǎo. [Pinyin]
    Even when a parrot talks, it still is a bird. [i.e. In order to be a civil human, one must do more than talking like one, but must act like one.]

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鸚鵡):

Others:

  • → Manchu: ᡟᡝᠩᡤᡠᡥᡝ (yengguhe), ᡟᡝᠩᡤᡡᡥᡝ (yenggūhe, parrot)
  • → Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾymʾwtsy, parrot) < 鸚鵡子
    • → Tocharian A: yāmutsi (kind of waterfowl - flamingo?)
    • → Tocharian B: yāmuttsi (kind of waterfowl - flamingo?)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Hyōgaiji

Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

鸚鵡 (hiragana おうむ, katakana オウム, rōmaji ōmu, historical hiragana あうむ)

  1. a cockatoo (bird)

Derived terms

See also

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