Translingual

Han character

鶇 (radical 196 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木田竹日火 (DWHAF), four-corner 5792₇, composition ⿰東鳥)

1. thrush

References

• KangXi: page 1493, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47054
• Dae Jaweon: page 2023, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4639, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9D87

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

鶇

1. thrush

Derived terms

• 白腹鶇 (báifùdōng, “pale thrush”)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a thrush (bird)

Readings

• Goon: つう (tsū)
• Kan’on: とう (tō)
• Kun: つぐみ (tsugumi)

Etymology

鶇 (tsugumi): a dusky thrush.

From the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 噤む ‎(tsugumu, “to shut up, to become quiet”), from the way the birds cease singing after summer has ended.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) つぐみ [tsùgúmí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɯᵝɡ̃ɯᵝmi]

Alternative forms

• 鶫 (kokuji: Japanese-only)

Noun

鶇 ‎(hiragana つぐみ, katakana ツグミ, romaji tsugumi)

1. a thrush: a bird of genus Turdus
2. (more specifically) a dusky thrush: Turdus eunomus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ツグミ.

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3