鸥

鷗

ōu

区 + 鸟

Definitions

ōu common gull

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷗.

Semantic: 鸟 Phonetic: 区

About

The character 鸥 (traditional: 鷗) is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic component is the radical 鸟 (niǎo, simplified) or 鳥 (traditional), meaning "bird", which places it in the avian category. The phonetic component is 区 (qū, simplified) or 區 (traditional). Used solely as a noun, it refers to gulls, web-footed seabirds with long wings commonly found along coasts. It frequently appears in the compound word 海鸥 (hǎi ōu), meaning "seagull".

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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海鸥在海上飞。

Hǎi'ōu zài hǎishàng fēi.

Seagulls are flying over the sea.

海鸥喜欢吃鱼。

Hǎi'ōu xǐhuān chī yú.

Seagulls like to eat fish.

几只海鸥站在沙滩上。

Jǐ zhī hǎi'ōu zhàn zài shātān shàng.

A few seagulls are standing on the sandy beach.

白色的海鸥在蓝天翱翔。

Báisè de hǎi'ōu zài lántiān áoxiáng.

White seagulls soar in the blue sky.

一群海鸥跟着渔船觅食。

Yì qún hǎi'ōu gēnzhe yúchuán mìshí.

A flock of seagulls follows the fishing boat to look for food.

沙鸥在风浪中显得很勇敢。

Shā'ōu zài fēnglàng zhōng xiǎnde hěn yǒnggǎn.

The seagulls appear very brave amidst the wind and waves.

湖心的沙鸥宛如白色音符。

Húxīn de shā'ōu wǎnrú báisè yīnfú.

The seagulls at the center of the lake are like white musical notes.

鸥鸟的翅膀掠过金色的晚霞。

Ōuniǎo de chìbǎng lüèguò jīnsè de wǎnxiá.

The seagull's wings skim across the golden sunset glow.

Related Characters

Component: 区

Component: 鸟

鸥