共命鳥

Chinese

		all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total	life; fate	bird
trad. (共命鳥)		共	命	鳥
simp. (共命鸟)		共	命	鸟

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit जीवजीवक (jīvajīvaka) and 鳥／鸟 (niǎo, “bird”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gòngmìngniǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gòngmìngniǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gòngmìngniǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kung⁴-ming⁴-niao³
  - Yale: gùng-mìng-nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonqminqneau
  - Palladius: гунминняо (gunminnjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: kjowng mjaengH tewX

Rime
Character	共	命	鳥
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	庚 (111)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	九容切	眉病切	都了切
Baxter	kjowng	mjaengH	tewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋ/	/mˠiæŋ^H/	/teu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋ/	/mᵚiaŋ^H/	/teu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋ/	/miaŋ^H/	/teu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋ/	/miajŋ^H/	/tɛw^X/
Li Rong	/kioŋ/	/miɐŋ^H/	/teu^X/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋ/	/mĭɐŋ^H/	/tieu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋ/	/mi̯ɐŋ^H/	/tieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng	mìng	diǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung¹	ming⁶	diu²

Proper noun

共命鳥

(Buddhism) a mythical two-headed bird
Synonyms: 命命鳥 / 命命鸟, 同命鳥 / 同命鸟

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “共命鳥” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].