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Kanji Detail for 鵑 - "cuckoo, azalea"
鵑
- Meaning
鵑 means "cuckoo, azalea."
Cuckoo - A bird of the family Cuculidae (used in compound 杜鵑).
Azalea - A plant of the family Ericaceae (used in compound 杜鵑花).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
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Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
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CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
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Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
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XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
杜鵑 (cuckoo). A bird name. Flat beak. Thin body with long tail. Pale black back. White belly. Has black horizontal stripes. Also called 子規. Also called 杜宇. Its call sounds like "better return home." It calls day and night without rest. The sound is very mournful. | 杜鵑, a shrub-type plant. Also called 鵑花 (azalea). Leaves are deep green. Inverted egg-shaped. Branches and leaves are all hairy. Flowers bloom in early summer. Colors include red, purple, and white. Near the base it is funnel-shaped. Petals split into five parts.
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