Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 就 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
鹫
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
鹫
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹫
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹫 / 鷲 [jiù]
vulture
Japanese
eagle (Accipitridae family)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鷲 おおとり
Ootori unclassified name
鷲 すさき
Susaki surname
鷲 すざき
Suzaki surname
鷲 わし
Washi surname
CHINESE WORDS (12)
秃鹫 [tūjiù] #21,977
vulture
兀鹫 [wùjiù] #39,649
vulture
海鹫 [hǎijiù]
sea eagle
狗鹫 [gǒujiù]
royal eagle
白兀鹫 [báiwùjiù]
(bird species of China) Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
白背兀鹫 [báibèiwùjiù]
(bird species of China) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
羌鹫 [qiāngjiù]
sea eagle
胡兀鹫 [húwùjiù]
(bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
高山兀鹫 [gāoshānwùjiù]
(bird species of China) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
鹫科 [jiùkē]
Aegyptiidae (the vulture family)
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JAPANESE WORDS (21)
鷲掴み [わしづかみ] #17,649
grabbing hold
大鷲 [おおわし] #50,718
Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
鷲鼻 [わしばな] #57,503
aquiline nose
双頭の鷲 [そうとうのわし] #105,537
double-headed eagle (symbol of heraldry)
鷲座 [わしざ] #108,407
Aquila (constellation)
禿鷲 [はげわし] #134,686
Old World vulture
白頭鷲 [はくとうわし] #224,343
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
犬鷲 [イヌワシ] #259,048
golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
鷲は舞い降りた [わしはまいおりた] #263,868
The Eagle Has Landed (1975 novel by Jack Higgins)
アメリカ鷲木菟 [アメリカわしみみずく]
great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
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