Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 Meaning component
bird
Notes
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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
鹄
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹄
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹄 / 鵠 [gǔ]
center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target
鹄 / 鵠 [hú]
swan
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鵠 くぐい
Kugui place name
CHINESE WORDS (7)
鸿鹄 [hónghú] #55,985
swan
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 [yànquè'ānzhīhónghúzhīzhì] #64,962
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
鹄的 [gǔdì] #65,314
bull's-eye
白鹄 [báihú] #74,794
(white) swan
刻鹄类鹜 [kèhúlèiwù]
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 [yànquèyānzhīhónggǔzhīzhì]
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
鹄候 [húhòu]
to respectfully await
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
正鵠を射る [せいこくをいる] #55,369
to hit the mark
正鵠 [せいこく] #88,599
bull's-eye
正鵠を得る [せいこくをえる] #110,942
to hit the mark
鴻鵠 [こうこく] #144,156
large bird
燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや [えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや] #218,926
only a hero can understand a hero
燕雀鴻鵠 [えんじゃくこうこく] #310,247
how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
KOREAN WORDS (1)