翟

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
suggests that the name of the long-tailed pheasant is related to and its exopassive  owing to the birds' shiny feathers. See there for further etymology.

STEDT derives this from.

proposes that and  are related,  being a "pseudo-ethnonym" meaning "feathered".

Definitions

 * 1)  a long-tailed species of pheasant
 * 2)  pheasant plumes used in dances
 * 3)  things decorated with pheasant plumes
 * 1)  things decorated with pheasant plumes
 * 1)  things decorated with pheasant plumes

Kanji

 * 1) kind of pheasant

Hanja

 * 1) pheasant