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子規

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Chinese

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child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
compass; rule
trad. (子規)
simp. (子规)
alternative forms 子鳺子𱉎

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (13) (28)
Final () (19) (12)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsiX kjwie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨX/ /kiuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sɨX/ /kʷiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sieX/ /kjuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨX/ /kwiə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡siəX/ /kiue/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭəX/ /kǐwe/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡siX/ /kwie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi2 gwai1

Noun

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子規

  1. (~鳥) cuckoo

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (子規):
  • Japanese: 子規(しき) (shiki)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 子規 (MC tsiX kjwie).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (shiki

  1. Synonym of ほととぎす (hototogisu): the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus

Proper noun

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()() (Shiki

  1. Short for 正岡子規 (Masaoka Shiki): Meiji-period author, poet, and literary critic

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ほととぎす
Grade: 1 Grade: 5
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 子規 – see the following entry.
ほととぎすホトトギス
[noun] the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
Alternative spellings
時鳥, 杜宇, 杜鵑, 田鵑, 蜀魂, 郭公, 不如帰
(This term, 子規, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

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The kanji spelling is from shiki above.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN