鷲

See also: 鹫

鷲	U+9DF2, 鷲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DF2

← 鷱
[U+9DF1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鷳 →
[U+9DF3]

Translingual

Han character

鷲 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 卜山竹日火 (YUHAF), four-corner 0332₇, composition ⿱就鳥)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1501, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47345
Dae Jaweon: page 2030, character 33
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4662, character 5
Unihan data for U+9DF2

Chinese

trad.		鷲
simp.		鹫
alternative forms		就𪆩𩀻𩾵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷲
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (就) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
僦	*ʔsuɡs
就	*zuɡs
鷲	*zuɡs
殧	zuɡs, ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ
噈	*ʔsuɡ
蹴	ʔsuɡ, sʰuɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòu
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
  - Yale: jyòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
  - Palladius: цзю (czju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zau⁶
  - Yale: jauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/

Middle Chinese: dzjuwH

Rime
Character	鷲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾僦切
Baxter	dzjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zuw^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ziu^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zuɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鷲
Reading #	1/1
No.	6995
Phonetic component	就
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	就
Old Chinese	/*zuɡs/

Definitions

鷲

eagle
condor; vulture
鷲鳥／鹫鸟 ― jiùniǎo ― vulture

Compounds

兀鷲 / 兀鹫 (wùjiù)
尾鷲 / 尾鹫 (Wěijiù)
海鷲 / 海鹫 (hǎijiù)
狗鷲 / 狗鹫 (gǒujiù)
獅鷲 / 狮鹫 (shījiù)
白尾鷲 / 白尾鹫
禿鷲 / 秃鹫 (tūjiù)
羌鷲 / 羌鹫 (qiāngjiù)
靈鷲 / 灵鹫
靈鷲山 / 灵鹫山 (Língjiùshān)
鷲山 / 鹫山
鷲峰山脈 / 鹫峰山脉
鷲嶺 / 鹫岭
鷲鳥 / 鹫鸟 (jiùniǎo)

References

“鷲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鷲

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: じゅ (ju)
Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
Kun: わし (washi, 鷲)

Compounds

尾鷲(おわせ) (Owase): Owase, Mie
鷲山(じゅせん) (Jusen): Vulture Peak
鷲像纛幡(じゅぞうとうばん) (juzōtōban)
鷲峰山(じゅほうせん) (Juhōsen): Vulture Peak
霊鷲山(りょうじゅせん) (Ryōjusen): Vulture Peak

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鷲
わし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wasi.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わし [wàshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ɕi]

Noun

鷲(わし) or 鷲(ワシ) • (washi)

eagle (bird)
(figurative, historical, Empire of Japan) aviator
荒鷲(あらわし) (arawashi)

若鷲(わかわし) (wakawashi)

海鷲(うみわし) (umiwashi)

Derived terms

犬鷲(いぬわし) (inuwashi), 狗鷲(いぬわし) (inuwashi): golden eagle
上見(うえみ)ぬ鷲(わし) (ueminu washi)
海鷲(うみわし) (umiwashi): sea eagle
大鷲(おおわし) (ōwashi)
尾白鷲(おじろわし) (ojirowashi): white-tailed eagle
冠鷲(かんむりわし) (kanmuriwashi)
猿食鷲(さるくいわし) (sarukuiwashi): Philippine eagle, monkey-eating eagle
双頭(そうとう)の鷲(わし) (sōtō no washi)
白頭鷲(はくとうわし) (hakutōwashi): bald eagle
禿鷲(はげわし) (hagewashi): Old World vulture
フィリピン鷲(わし) (firipinwashi): Philippine eagle
蛇食鷲(へびくいわし) (hebikuiwashi)
鷲口(わしぐち) (washiguchi)
鷲座(わしざ) (Washiza): Aquila
鷲鷹(わしたか) (washitaka)
鷲掴(わしづか)み (washizukami)
鷲(わし)の峰(みね) (Washi No Mine): Vulture Peak
鷲(わし)の山(やま) (Washi No Yama): Vulture Peak; Mount Hiei
鷲鼻(わしばな) (washibana): aquiline nose
鷲木菟(わしみみずく) (washimimizuku)
鷲羽山(わしゅうざん) (Washūzan): Mount Washū

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲鷲”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰɥi] ~ [t͡ɕʰy]
Phonetic hangul: [취]

Hanja

鷲 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鷲: Hán Nôm readings: thứu, tựu

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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