鴎

See also: 鷗 and 鸥

鴎	U+9D0E, 鴎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D0E

← 鴍
[U+9D0D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鴏 →
[U+9D0F]

Translingual

Traditional	鷗
Shinjitai (extended)	鴎
Simplified	鸥

Han character

鴎 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸大竹日火 (SKHAF), composition ⿰区鳥)

seagull

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1484, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4618, character 7
Unihan data for U+9D0E

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	鴎
Print standard	鷗

Glyph origin

Extended shinjitai, Asahi simplification form of 鷗.

Kanji

鴎

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鷗)

Extended shinjitai form of 鷗: seagull

Readings

Go-on: う (u)
Kan-on: おう (ō)
Kun: かもめ (kamome, 鴎)
Nanori: かもめ (kamome)

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

鴎(おう)渚(しょ)／鷗(おう)渚(しょ) (ōsho)
鴎(おう)汀(てい)／鷗(おう)汀(てい) (ōtei)
鴎(おう)盟(めい)／鷗(おう)盟(めい) (ōmei)
鴎(おう)鷺(ろ)／鷗(おう)鷺(ろ) (ōro)
海(かい)鴎(おう)／海(かい)鷗(おう) (kaiō)
沙(さ)鴎(おう)／沙(さ)鷗(おう) (saō)
紹(じょう)鴎(おう)棚(だな)／紹(じょう)鷗(おう)棚(だな) (jōōdana)
白(はく)鴎(おう)／白(はく)鷗(おう) (hakuō): white gull
浦(ほ)鴎(おう)／浦(ほ)鷗(おう) (hōu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鴎
かもめ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
鷗 (kyūjitai) 鷖

Uncertain. One theory suggests from 鴨(かも) (kamo, “duck”) + め (-me, suffix expressing familiarity). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Compare 雀 (suzume, “sparrow”) and 燕 (tsubame, “swallow”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かもめ [kàmómé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞me̞]

Noun

鴎(かもめ) or 鴎(カモメ) • (kamome)

common gull (Larus canus)
(by extension) a seagull (any seabird of the family Laridae)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カモメ (kamome).

Derived terms

鴎(かもめ)尻(じり)／鷗(かもめ)尻(じり) (kamomejiri)
鴎(かもめ)髱(づと) (kamomezuto)
鴎蔓(かもめづる) (kamomezuru)
鴎(かもめ)蘭(らん)／鷗(かもめ)蘭(らん) (kamomeran)
白(しろ)鴎(かもめ)／白(しろ)鷗(かもめ) (shirokamome): white gull
背(セ)黒(グロ)鴎(カモメ) (seguro kamome, “herring gull”)
象牙鴎(ゾウゲカモメ) (zōge kamome)
盗(トウ)賊(ゾク)鴎(カモメ) (tōzoku kamome, “skua, pomarine skua”)
フルマ鴎(カモメ) (furuma kamome, “northern fulmar”)
三指(ミツユビ)鴎(カモメ), 三趾(ミツユビ)鷗(カモメ) (mitsuyubi kamome, “black-legged kittiwake”)
百合(ユリ)鴎(カモメ) (yuri kamome, “black-headed gull”)
笑(わら)い鴎(かもめ) (warai kamome, “laughing gull”)

Proper noun

鴎(かもめ) • (Kamome)

a female given name
a surname

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN