鳥

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/鳥

Glyph origin

 * a bird with a dangling tail.

Compare, which is very similar, of similar origin, and , which originated from a similar image of a bird, but is today rather more abstract and less recognizable. Compare to Egyptian 𓄿

Etymology
Originally pronounced with a initial (compare ). In many dialects, it changed to a initial to avoid homophony with the vulgar word, which may ultimately have developed from the sense “bird”. Birds/fowl are characteristically associated with Chinese slang for genitalia; compare and.

Alternatively, hypothesised that the  initial form for “bird” may be unrelated to the  form. Instead, it may be connected with the Tai-Kadai word for bird; compare 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬.

The form may be derived from, cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) bird
 * 2)  to pay attention; to heed; to take notice of
 * 3)  unpleasant thing
 * 4)  inferior or objectionable
 * 1)  unpleasant thing
 * 2)  inferior or objectionable
 * 1)  inferior or objectionable

Definitions

 * 1) penis
 * 2)  damned; goddamn
 * 1)  damned; goddamn

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1


→

From, from. Probably cognate with 🇨🇬, modern 🇨🇬.

May also be related to the verb.

Noun

 * 1) a bird
 * 2) a chicken
 * 3) * 1086, ' (book 16, poem 939; also ', poem 62)
 * 4) fowl or chicken meat
 * 1) a chicken
 * 2) * 1086, ' (book 16, poem 939; also ', poem 62)
 * 3) fowl or chicken meat
 * 1) fowl or chicken meat
 * 1) fowl or chicken meat

Derived terms

 * : the Cock in the
 * : chicken bird
 * : chicken bird
 * : chicken bird
 * : chicken bird
 * : chicken bird
 * : chicken bird

Etymology 2
⟨to2ri⟩ → ⟨*to2⟩ →

From. Appears to be a shift from tori above.

Pronunciation

 * The pitch accent is determined by the entire word.

Prefix

 * 1) a bird
 * 2)  a chicken

Usage notes

 * Appears in old compounds. Does not appear to be productive in modern Japanese.

Etymology
From.

Kanji

 * 1) bird
 * 2) chicken

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) bird
 * 2) chicken