杜鵑

See also: 杜鹃

Chinese

fabricate; restrict; to prevent cuckoo
trad. (杜鵑)
simp. (杜鹃)

Pronunciation


Noun

杜鵑

  1. cuckoo
  2. azalea

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (杜鵑):

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 杜鵑 – see the following entry at ほととぎす.
ほととぎす,ホトトギス【杜鵑・時鳥・子規・郭公・杜宇・蜀魂・田鵑・不如帰】
[noun]the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
(This term, 杜鵑, is a kanji spelling of ほととぎす.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
けん
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 杜鵑 (MC duoX kwen).

Pronunciation

Noun

杜鵑 (hiragana とけん, rōmaji token)

  1. the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Derived terms


Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

杜鵑 (dugyeon) (hangeul 두견)

  1. Hanja form? of 두견 (cuckoo, azalea).
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