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鷗
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鸥
🇨🇳
鴎
🇯🇵

gull

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
ōu
オウ
かもめ
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 bird+ 區 region =
鷗 gull
鳥 Meaning component
bird
區 Phonetic component
region
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Notes
Similar Characters
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)鴉 raven (trad)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)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸥
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸥 / 鷗 [ōu]
common gull
Japanese
鴎 、 鷗 (rare) カモメ 、 かもめ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana common gull (Larus canus)
  2. usually kana gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
カモメは風に乗って滑空した。
The sea gull glided on the wind.
Japanese Names
鴎 おう
Ou unclassified name
鴎 かもめ
Kamome female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (47)
海鸥 [hǎi​'ōu] #11,906
(bird species of China) mew gull (Larus canus)
红嘴鸥 [hóng​zuǐ​'ōu] #47,669
(bird species of China) black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
三趾鸥 [sān​zhǐ​'ōu]
(bird species of China) black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
中贼鸥 [zhōng​zéi​'ōu]
(bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
剪嘴鸥 [jiǎn​zuǐ​'ōu]
(bird species of China) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)
北极鸥 [Běi​jí​'ōu]
(bird species of China) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
叉尾鸥 [chā​wěi​'ōu]
(bird species of China) Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)
大凤头燕鸥 [dà​fèng​tóu​yàn​'ōu]
(bird species of China) greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)
小凤头燕鸥 [xiǎo​fèng​tóu​yàn​'ōu]
(bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
小鸥 [xiǎo​'ōu]
(bird species of China) little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
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JAPANESE WORDS (16)
⭐ 鴎 [カモメ] #59,763
common gull (Larus canus)
水鴎流 [すいおうりゅう] #209,482
old sword fighting
フルマ鴎 [フルマかもめ]
northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
三趾鴎 [ミツユビカモメ]
black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
大フルマ鴎 [おおフルマかもめ]
giant petrel (esp. the southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus)
斑フルマ鴎 [まだらフルマかもめ]
Cape pigeon
白腹盗賊鴎 [しろはらとうぞくかもめ]
long-tailed jaeger
白鴎 [しろかもめ]
glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
白鷗大学 [はくおうだいがく]
Hakuoh University
百合鴎 [ゆりかもめ]
black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
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