鵜 — je

Parts that make up 鵜

How 鵜 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鵜 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 弟, 鳥.

Japanese words with 鵜

• 鵜う cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
• 鵜匠うしょう cormorant fisherman
• 海鵜うみう Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus); Temminck's cormorant
• 川鵜かわう great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
• 姫鵜ひめう pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
• 鵜飼いうかい cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
• 鵜呑みうのみ swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
• 小羽鵜こばねう short-winged cormorant
• 耳姫鵜みみひめう double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
• 鵜松明樺うだいかんば monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana); Japanese birch
• 千島鵜烏ちしまうがらす red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile); red-faced shag; violet shag
• 鵜の目鷹の目うのめたかのめ eyes of a predator; sharp eyes; keen eyes

Characters sharing the phonetic 弟

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “제” in Korean.

Other hanja read “제”

Other hanja with radical 鳥