鴎

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

1. seagull

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1484, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4618, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9D0E

Extended shinjitai, Asahi simplification form of 鷗.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鷗)

1. seagull

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

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

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

• 鷖

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

鴎 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鷗, hiragana かもめ, katakana カモメ, rōmaji kamome)

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

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as カモメ.

鴎 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鷗, hiragana かもめ, rōmaji Kamome)

1. A female given name
2. A surname​.