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鴯: emu

By August 24, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

鴯 [鸸] ér


: emu

Kun Reading
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On Reading

ジ ji
ニ ni


: swallow

 Usage:

鴯鶓 [鸸鹋] er2miao2: emu
 Etymology:


象形 Pictophonetic.
鳥 (niao3: bird radical 196) suggests the meaning while
(er2: and) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
鸸. Derived from generic character simplification rule #80 (鳥 » 鸟) via usage of grass script form of character.



 Examples:
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Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary