鶯

鶯 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 火火月竹火 (FFBHF), four-corner 9932₇, composition ⿱𤇾鳥)

• 𫤔, 𫬿, 𡤰, 𮭛

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1496, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47169
• Dae Jaweon: page 2025, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4653, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9DAF

鶯

1. oriole

• “鶯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “莺”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 267.

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鴬)

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: うぐいす (uguisu, 鶯)^{←うぐひす (ugufisu, 鶯, historical)}

⟨uɡupi₁ su⟩ → /uɡupisu/ → /uɡufisu/ → /uɡuwisu/ → /uɡuisu/

From Old Japanese. Compound of うぐい (ugui, onomatopoeia, imitative of the bird's call) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names).^[1] Compare the す (su) in 烏 (karasu), 杜鵑 (hototogisu), モズ (mozu).

• (Tokyo) うぐいす [ùgúꜜìsù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɡɯ̟isɨ]

鶯(うぐいす) or 鶯(ウグイス) • (uguisu) ^{←うぐひす (ugufisu) or ウグヒス (ugufisu)?}

1. Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 14)^[4]

     うぐひすの谷(たに)よりいづる声(こゑ)なくははるくることを誰(たれ)かしらまし

     uguisu no tani yori izuru koe naku wa haru kuru koto o tare ka shiramashi

     Without the voice of the warbler that comes out of the valley, how would we know the arrival of spring?^[5]

2. short for 鶯色 (uguisu iro): an olive-green color, as the rear of a bush warbler
3. short for 鶯声 (uguisu-goe): a description for a woman's beautiful voice
4. a metal skewer used in 香道 (kōdō) to fasten a paper wrapper
5. a bamboo skewer used in binding an obi or similar

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウグイス (uguisu).

• (warbler, archaic):　歌読鳥(うたよみどり) (utayomi-dori), 経(きょう)読(よ)み鳥(どり) (kyōyomi-dori), 花(はな)見(み)鳥(どり) (hanami-dori), 春告鳥(はなつげどり) (hanatsuge-dori)
• (olive-green color): 鶯(うぐいす)色(いろ) (uguisu iro), 鶯(うぐいす)茶(ちゃ) (uguisu-cha)

• 鶯(うぐいす)鳴(な)かせたこともある (uguisu nakaseta koto mo aru)
• 鶯(うぐいす)の卵(かいご)の中(なか)の時鳥(ほととぎす) (uguisu no kaigo no naka no hototogisu)
• 鶯(うぐいす)の谷(たに)渡(わた)り (uguisu no tani watari)

• 笹(ささ)鳴(な)き (sasanaki, “twittering of a bush warbler”)
• 三(さん)鳥(ちょう) (sanchō, “cuckoo, bush warbler and wagtail”)
• 雪(セッ)加(カ), 雪(セッ)下(カ) (sekka, “zitting cisticola”)
• 虫(むし)食(く)い, 虫(むし)喰(く)い (mushikui, “leaf warbler”)
• 葦(よし)切(きり) (yoshikiri, “reed warbler”)

鶯(うぐいす) • (Uguisu) ^{←うぐひす (Ugufisu)?}

1. a surname

• 鶯 etymology at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)

鶯 (eumhun 꾀꼬리 앵 (kkoekkori aeng))

1. Chinese oriole
2. bush warbler

鶯: Hán Việt readings: oanh^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
鶯: Nôm readings: oanh^[1][2][3], anh^[3]

鶯

1. chữ Hán form of oanh (“oriole”)
   • 1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, lines 269-270:

     羅䜹絲柳葻萌
     𡥵鶯𭓇呐𨕭梗𠸍𠶣

     Lơ thơ tơ liễu buông mành.
     Con oanh học nói trên cành mỉa mai.

     The silky willow-branches flagged down nonchalantly like blinds. On a branch, a jeering oriole was practicing his first notes.