鶯

鶯 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 火火月竹火 (FFBHF), four-corner 9932₇, composition ⿱𤇾鳥)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1496, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47169
• Dae Jaweon: page 2025, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4653, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9DAF

鶯

1. oriole

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鴬)

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: うぐいす (uguisu, 鶯)^{←うぐひす (ugufisu, 鶯, historical)}

鶯 (uguisu): a Japanese bush warbler in its characteristic olive-green color.

⟨uɡupi₁ su⟩ → /uɡupisu/ → /uɡufisu/ → /uɡuwisu/ → /uɡuisu/

From Old Japanese. Compound of うぐい (ugui, onomatopoeia, imitative of the bird's call) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names, possibly cognate with Korean 새 (sae, “bird”)).[1] Compare the す (su) in 烏 (karasu), 杜鵑 (hototogisu), モズ (mozu).

• (Tokyo) うぐ​いす [ùgúꜜìsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɡɯ̟ᵝisɨᵝ]

鶯(うぐいす) or 鶯(ウグイス) • (uguisu) ^{←うぐひす (ugufisu) or ウグヒス (ugufisu)?}

1. Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 837:
     ,[4] text here

     波流能努尓(はるののに)奈久夜(なくや)汙隅比須(うぐひす)奈都気牟得(なつけむと)和何弊能曽能尓(わがへのそのに)汙米何波奈佐久(うめがはなさく)　_{笇(さん)師(し)志(し)氏(しの)大道(おほみち)} [Man'yōgana]

     春(はる)の野(の)に鳴(な)くや鴬(うぐひす)なつけむと我(わ)が家(へ)の園(その)に梅(うめ)が花(はな)咲(さ)く　_{笇(さん)師(し)志(し)氏(しの)大道(おほみち)} [Modern spelling]

     haru no no ni naku ya uguisu natsukemu to waga e no sono ni ume ga hana-saku

     The warbler singing in the unplowed springtime fields―that it be content to live close at hand the plum blooms in my arbor now. (Master of Computation Shiki^[sic] no Ōmichi)[5]

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4495:
     ,[6] text here

     打(うち)奈婢久(なびく)波流等毛之流久(はるともしるく)宇具比須(うぐひす)波(は)宇恵木之樹間乎(うゑきのこまを)奈枳和多良奈牟(なきわたらなむ) [Man'yōgana]

     うち靡(なび)く春(はる)ともしるく鴬(うぐひす)は植(うゑ)木(き)の木間(こま)を鳴(な)き渡(わた)らなむ [Modern spelling]

     uchinabiku haru to mo shiruku uguisu wa ueki no koma o naki watarunan

     To know clearly that spring has come (minding of tender young herbs), that nightingale between the planted trees, let him come and sing repeatedly![7]

   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 14)[8]

     うぐひすの谷(たに)よりいづる声(こゑ)なくははるくることを誰(たれ)かしらまし

     uguisu no tani yori izuru koe naku wa haru kuru koto o tare ka shiramashi

     Without the voice of the warbler that comes out of the valley, how would we know the arrival of spring?[9]

2. short for 鶯色 (uguisu iro): an olive-green color, as the rear of a bush warbler
3. short for 鶯声 (uguisu-goe): a description for a woman's beautiful voice
4. a metal skewer used in 香道 (kōdō) to fasten a paper wrapper
5. a bamboo skewer used in binding an obi or similar

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウグイス.

• (warbler, archaic): 花(はな)見(み)鳥(どり) (hanami-dori), 経(きょう)読(よ)み鳥(どり) (kyōyomi-dori)
• (olive-green color): 鶯(うぐいす)色(いろ) (uguisu iro), 鶯(うぐいす)茶(ちゃ) (uguisu-cha)

• 鶯(うぐいす)鳴(な)かせたこともある (uguisu nakaseta koto mo aru)
• 鶯(うぐいす)の卵(かいご)の中(なか)の時鳥(ほととぎす) (uguisu no kaigo no naka no hototogisu)
• 鶯(うぐいす)の谷(たに)渡(わた)り (uguisu no tani watari)

• 笹(ささ)鳴(な)き (sasanaki, “twittering of a bush warbler”)
• 三(さん)鳥(ちょう) (sanchō, “cuckoo, bush warbler and wagtail”)
• 雪(セッ)加(カ), 雪(セッ)下(カ) (sekka, “zitting cisticola”)
• 虫(むし)食(く)い, 虫(むし)喰(く)い (mushikui, “leaf warbler”)
• 葦(よし)切(きり) (yoshikiri, “reed warbler”)

鶯(うぐいす) • (Uguisu) ^{←うぐひす (ugufisu)?}

1. a surname

• 鶯 etymology at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)

鶯 (eumhun 꾀꼬리 앵 (kkoekkori aeng))

1. Chinese oriole
2. bush warbler

鶯: Hán Việt readings: oanh[1][2][3][4][5][6]
鶯: Nôm readings: oanh[1][2][3], anh[3]

1. chữ Hán form of oanh (“oriole”).