Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 Meaning component
bird
Notes
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梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)鴈 wild-goose (archaic)鴒 species (trad)鴔 bird (trad)鴕 ostrich (trad)鴛 male mandarin duck (trad)鴞 owl (trad)鴟 owl (trad)鴣 species (trad)鴦 female mandarin duck (trad)鴨 duck (trad)鴯 swallow (alt) (trad)
Chinese
鸦 / 鴉 [yā]
crow
Japanese
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鴉 からす
Karasu surname
CHINESE WORDS (52)
乌鸦 [wūyā] #7,662
crow
涂鸦 [túyā] #9,141
graffiti
鸦片 [yāpiàn] #13,994
opium (loanword)
鸦片战争 [YāpiànZhànzhēng] #25,344
the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861
鸦雀无声 [yāquèwúshēng] #45,099
lit. crow and peacock make no sound
天下乌鸦一般黑 [tiānxiàwūyāyībānhēi] #51,673
all crows are black (idiom)
渡鸦 [dùyā] #54,773
(bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax)
寒鸦 [hányā] #56,192
(bird species of China) Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
乌鸦座 [Wūyāzuò] #73,424
Corvus (constellation)
三趾鸦雀 [sānzhǐyāquè]
(bird species of China) three-toed parrotbill (Cholornis paradoxa)
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JAPANESE WORDS (24)
⭐ 烏 [カラス] #16,504
crow (Corvus spp.)
阿片 [あへん] #48,223
opium
烏天狗 [からすてんぐ] #76,669
small, crow-billed tengu
阿片窟 [あへんくつ] #100,109
opium den
鴉の濡れ羽色 [からすのぬればいろ] #109,683
glossy black (hair)
アヘン戦争 [アヘンせんそう] #121,310
Opium War (1840-42)
旅がらす [たびがらす] #142,727
wanderer
星烏 [ほしがらす] #145,360
spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
寒鴉 [かんあ] #170,137
winter crow
山烏 [やまがらす] #175,898
crow in the mountains
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