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Kanji Detail for 鷓 - "francolin"
鷓
- Meaning
鷓 means "francolin."
Francolin - A bird of the family Phasianidae (used in compound 鷓鴣).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
partridge
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
partridge
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
partridge; Francolinus chinensis
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
partridge
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
鷓鴣 (partridge). A bird name. Shaped like a spotted dove. Has white round spots on the chest. Has purple-red wavy patterns on the back. Old sayings claim it always flies south. Hence those exiled to the north often use it in poetry as a metaphor.
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