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鶯
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莺
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oriole

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
yīng
オウ
うぐいす
앵
A bird 鳥 covered in 冖 green 炏 feathers
Components
Traditional (鶯)
炏 flame+ 冖 cover+ 鳥 bird =
鶯 oriole
炏 Meaning component
flame
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
鳥 Meaning component
bird
Simplified (莺)
艹 grass (top)+ 冖 cover+ 鸟 bird =
莺 oriole
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
Notes
Similar Characters
塋 cemetery (trad)瑩 lustrous (trad)鎣 polish (93a3) (trad)滎 county in Henan (trad)勞 labor (trad)冗 superfluous写 write (jp)冢 burial mound冣 most冪 cover-cloth (trad)寝 get some shuteye (jp)寢 get some shuteye (trad)幂 cover-cloth (simp)牵 pull (simp)牽 lead along (trad)甍 rafters supporting roof茔 tomb (simp)莹 luster (simp)莺 finch (simp)蓥 polish (alt) (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
莺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
莺 / 鶯 [yīng]
oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
Japanese
鶯 、 鴬 うぐいす 、 ウグイス 同音

noun

  1. usually kana Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
  2. abbrev. greenish brown
  3. beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
うぐいすが鳴いているのが聞こえた。
I heard a Japanese nightingale.
Japanese Names
鶯 うぐいす
Uguisu surname
CHINESE WORDS (130)
夜莺 [yè​yīng] #16,690
nightingale
黄莺 [huáng​yīng] #37,572
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
柳莺 [liǔ​yīng] #51,280
willow warbler
莺歌燕舞 [yīng​gē​yàn​wǔ] #52,397
the warbler sings and the swallow dances
中华短翅莺 [Zhōng​huá​duǎn​chì​yīng]
(bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)
亚洲漠地林莺 [Yà​zhōu​mò​dì​lín​yīng]
(bird species of China) Asian desert warbler (Sylvia nana)
休氏树莺 [Xiū​shì​shù​yīng]
(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)
休氏白喉林莺 [Xiū​shì​bái​hóu​lín​yīng]
(bird species of China) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)
冕柳莺 [miǎn​liǔ​yīng]
(bird species of China) eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
冠纹柳莺 [guān​wén​liǔ​yīng]
(bird species of China) Claudia's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus claudiae)
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JAPANESE WORDS (18)
鶯 [うぐいす] #31,414
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone)
鶯谷 [おうこく] #90,373
warbler being in a valley
うぐいす色 [うぐいすいろ] #114,947
olive green
鶯茶 [うぐいすちゃ] #152,479
greenish brown
うぐいす張り [うぐいすばり] #169,853
nightingale (flooring)
ウグイス嬢 [うぐいすじょう] #181,315
female announcer
うぐいす餡 [うぐいすあん] #183,130
sweet brownish-green paste made from green peas
梅に鶯 [うめにうぐいす] #200,319
match made in heaven
うぐいす餅 [うぐいすもち] #225,473
mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
うぐいす菜 [うぐいすな] #263,649
young greens (of mizuna, Japanese mustard spinach, rape, etc.)
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