梟

梟 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜木 (HAYD), four-corner 2790₄, composition ⿹㇯鳥灬木)

• 嘄, 𡏭, 𡠿, 𢳚, 𣻏, 𤡔, 𣘖, 𥉼, 𱴯, 蟂, 鄡

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 529, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14861
• Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1217, character 11
• Unihan data for U+689F

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)u (“owl”), which is also compared to 鴞 (OC *ɦraw, “owl”), 鵂 (OC *qʰu, “owl”), 舊 (OC *ɡʷɯs, “owl”) (STEDT). Compare Japhug pɣɤkhɯ (“owl”) (Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019).

梟

1. owl
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a mythical bird which eats its own parents shortly after hatching
3. brave, fierce
4. leader, ringleader

   毒梟／毒枭  ―  dúxiāo  ―  drug lord

5. to decapitate and hang the head

   • 軫與布不相得，堅出擊，大破之，梟其都督華雄。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     轸与布不相得，坚出击，大破之，枭其都督华雄。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1084 CE, Sima Guang, Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government

     Zhěn yǔ Bù bù xiàngdé, Jiān chūjī, dàpò zhī, xiāo qí dōudū Huá Xióng. [Pinyin]

     (Hu) Zhen and (Lü) Bu did not get along; (Sun) Jian struck out, soundly beat them, and beheaded and hang the head of their chief controller Hua Xiong.

6. (Teochew) ruthless; heartless

   父母嚴條，仔弟粗梟 [Teochew, trad.]
   父母严条，仔弟粗枭 [Teochew, simp.]

   bê⁶ bho² ngiam⁵ diao⁵, gian² di⁶ cou¹ hiao¹ [Peng'im]

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   • 打起包裹過南洋 [1]

     海水迢迢，父母真梟 [Teochew, trad.]
     海水迢迢，父母真枭 [Teochew, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Wikispecies

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: ふくろう (fukurō, 梟)^{←ふくろふ (fukurofu, 梟, historical)}

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Tokyo) ふくろー [fùkúꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ふくろー [fùkúróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟ɾo̞ː]

梟(ふくろう) or 梟(ふくろ) • (fukurō or fukuro) ^{←ふくろふ (fukurofu)?}

1. an owl in the family Strigidae
2. Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

   Synonym: ウラル梟 (Uraru fukurō)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as フクロウ (fukurō).

梟 (eumhun 올빼미 효 (olppaemi hyo))

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梟: Hán Nôm readings: kiêu

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