# 鷗

| 鷗 | U+9DD7, &#40407; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DD7 |
| ← 鷖 [U+9DD6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鷘 → [U+9DD8] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 鷗 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 鴎 |
| Simplified | 鸥 |

### Han character

鷗 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸口竹日火 (SRHAF), four-corner 7772$_7$, composition ⿰區鳥)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1499, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47268
* Dae Jaweon: page 2029, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4656, character 5
* Unihan data for U+9DD7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷗 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 摳 | *kʰoː, *kʰo |
| 彄 | *kʰoː |
| 剾 | *kʰoː, *qoː |
| 謳 | *qoː |
| 歐 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 區 | *qoː, *kʰo |
| 鷗 | *qoː |
| 甌 | *qoː |
| 漚 | *qoː, *qoːs |
| 瞘 | *qoː |
| 嘔 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 櫙 | *qoː |
| 膒 | *qoː |
| 蓲 | *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos |
| 醧 | *qoː, *qas |
| 鏂 | *qoː |
| 毆 | *qoːʔ |
| 塸 | *qoːʔ |
| 貙 | *kʰl'o |
| 樞 | *kʰjo |
| 驅 | *kʰo, *kʰos |
| 軀 | *kʰo |
| 嶇 | *kʰo |
| 鰸 | *kʰo |
| 敺 | *kʰo |
| 傴 | *qoʔ |
| 嫗 | *qos |
| 饇 | *qos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoː): phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not in Schuessler 2007. Seems onomatopoeic for the gull's cry, though.”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ōu (ou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄡ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): au$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): eu$^{1*}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): êu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ĕu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): au / o͘ / o / io
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ao$^1$ / ou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$eu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ou
*** Wade–Giles: ou$^1$
*** Yale: ōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
*** Palladius: оу (ou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: au$^1$
*** Yale: āu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: au$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: eo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: eu$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /eu³³⁻³³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: êu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /eu⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /ɛu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
*** Tâi-lô: au
*** Phofsit Daibuun: aw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
*** Tâi-lô: oo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: of
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /ɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o
*** Tâi-lô: o
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io
*** Tâi-lô: io
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ioy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴/
* au - vernacular;
* o͘/o/io - literary.
* Middle Chinese: 'uw
Rime :
| Character | 鷗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏侯切 |
| Baxter | 'uw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəw/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔu/ |
| Wang Li | /əu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | au$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qoː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鷗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10585 |
| Phonetic component | 區 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 謳 |
| Old Chinese | /*qoː/ |

### Definitions

鷗
* seagull

### Compounds

* 沙鷗 / 沙鸥 (shā'ōu)
* 海鷗 / 海鸥 (hǎi'ōu)
* 燕鷗 / 燕鸥
* 白鷗 / 白鸥
* 眠鷗宿鷺 / 眠鸥宿鹭
* 鷗波 / 鸥波
* 鷗盟 / 鸥盟
* 鷗邊 / 鸥边
* 鷗鳥忘機 / 鸥鸟忘机
* 鷗鴉 / 鸥鸦
* 鷗鷺忘機 / 鸥鹭忘机

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 鴎 |
| Print standard | 鷗 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鴎)
* seagull

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: おう (ō)
* Kun: かもめ (kamome, 鷗)
* Nanori: かもめ (kamome)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 鷗 – see the following entry. :
| 【鴎】H | [kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] Extended shinjitai form of 鷗: seagull Kanji reading: う, おう, かもめ |
(This term, 鷗, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

鷗 (eum 구 (gu))
* seagull

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鷗: Hán Nôm readings: âu
* seagull