梟

See also: 枭

梟 U+689F, 梟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-689F ← 梞 [U+689E] CJK Unified Ideographs 梠 → [U+68A0]

Translingual

Han character

梟 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜木 (HAYD), four-corner 2790₄, composition ⿹㇯鳥灬木)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 529, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14861
• Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1217, character 11
• Unihan data for U+689F

Chinese

trad.		梟
simp.		枭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (梟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
梟	*keːw
蟂	*keːw
鄡	*kʰeːw

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)u (“owl”), which is also compared to 鴞 (OC *ɦraw, “owl”), 鵂 (OC *qʰu, “owl”), 舊 (OC *ɡʷɯs, “owl”) (STEDT). Compare Japhug pɣɤkhɯ (“owl”) (Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiou¹ / hiao¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu¹
    • Yale: hīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiau
    • Tâi-lô: hiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiou¹ / hiao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiou / hiau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiou³³/, /hiau³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kew

Rime
Character	梟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古堯切
Baxter	kew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keu/
Pan Wuyun	/keu/
Shao Rongfen	/keu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛw/
Li Rong	/keu/
Wang Li	/kieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梟
Reading #	1/1
No.	13675
Phonetic component	梟
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	驍
Old Chinese	/*keːw/

Definitions

梟

1. owl
2. ^† a mythical bird which eats its own parents shortly after hatching
3. brave, fierce
4. leader, ringleader
5. to decapitate and hang the head
6. (Teochew) indifferent, insensitive, indolent

   父母嚴條，仔弟粗梟 [Teochew, trad.]
   父母严条，仔弟粗枭 [Teochew, simp.]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 打起包裹過南洋 [1]

     海水迢迢，父母真梟 [Teochew, trad.]
     海水迢迢，父母真枭 [Teochew, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 貓頭鷹 (“owl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴞, 梟, 鴟鵂, 鴟鴞, 角鴟, 梟鳥, 鵋䳢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貓頭鷹
Mandarin	Beijing	夜貓子
	Taiwan	貓頭鷹
	Tianjin	夜貓子
	Chengde	夜貓子
	Tangshan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Cangzhou	夜貓子
	Baoding	夜貓子
	Shijiazhuang	夜貓子
	Ulanhot	夜貓子
	Tongliao	夜貓子
	Chifeng	夜貓子
	Bayanhot	貓頭鷹
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Heihe	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Qiqihar	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Harbin	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Jiamusi	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Baicheng	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Changchun	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Tonghua	夜貓子
	Shenyang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Dandong	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Jinzhou	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Dalian	貓頭鷹
	Yantai	夜貓子
	Yantai (Muping)	夜貓子, 貓頭兒鷹
	Qingdao	夜貓子
	Lijin	夜貓子
	Zhucheng	夜貓子
	Jinan	夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
	Jining	夜貓子
	Luoyang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Wanrong	信猴
	Shangqiu	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Yuanyang	貓頭鷹
	Zhengzhou	咕咕喵
	Lingbao	幸候, 鴟腳
	Xinyang	貓頭鷹
	Baihe	貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭
	Hanzhong	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Xi'an	貓頭鷹, 幸候, 鴟鴞
	Baoji	鴟鴞
	Yinchuan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Tianshui	夜鴿子
	Lanzhou	恨鶘, 夜貓子
	Dunhuang	鴟鴞子
	Xining	恨鶘
	Ürümqi	貓頭鷹, 恨鶘兒, 恨鶘
	Wuhan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Yichang	貓頭鷹
	Xiangyang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Tianmen	貓頭鷹
	Hong'an	恨鶘, 喚葫蘆
	Chengdu	鬼冬哥, 鬼冬哥兒, 鬼燈哥, 鬼燈哥兒, 夜貓子, 貓頭鷹
	Nanchong	貓頭鷹
	Dazhou	鬼冬哥, 夜市眼兒
	Hanyuan	恨鶘, 鬼燈哥兒
	Xichang	貓頭鷹, 恨鶘
	Zigong	貓頭鷹, 鬼冬哥兒
	Chongqing	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Guiyang	貓頭鷹, 鬼敦哥, 鬼冬哥
	Zunyi	夜貓子
	Bijie	鬼冬哥
	Liping	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 貓哭鳥
Zhaotong	恨鶘
Dali	貓頭鷹
Kunming	貓頭鷹
Mengzi	恨鶘
Lancang	貓頭鷹
Guilin	貓頭鷹
Liuzhou	貓頭鳥, 貓頭鷹
Nanning (Wuming)	貓頭鷹, 田雞鳥
Jishou	咕嚕頭兒, 挖孔雀
Changde	貓頭鷹
Anqing	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Xuzhou	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Fuyang	貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭
Wuhu	貓頭鷹
Yangzhou	貓頭鷹
Lianyungang	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
Lianshui	貓頭鷹
Nanjing	貓頭鷹
Hefei	貓頭鷹
Nantong	貓頭兒鷹
Singapore	貓頭鷹
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	夜貓子
Dagudi (Maliba)	貓頭鷹
Reshuitang (Longling)	貓頭鷹
Mae Salong (Lancang)	貓頭鷹
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	貓頭鷹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓頭鷹, 貓兒頭鷹
	Hong Kong	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	枕虼
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	貓頭鷹
	Macau	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	貓頭鷹
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Shunde)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	貓頭鷹
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	貓頭鷹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	貓頭鷹
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	貓頭鷹
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	貓頭鷹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	貓頭鷹
	Taishan	貓頭鷹
	Taishan (Guanghai)	貓頭鷹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貓頭鷹
	Enping (Niujiang)	貓頭鷹
	Heshan (Yayao)	貓頭鷹
	Dongguan	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	貓頭鷹
	Qingyuan	貓頭鷹
	Fogang	貓頭鷹
	Yingde (Hanguang)	貓頭鷹
	Yangshan	貓頭鷹
	Lianshan (Butian)	貓頭鷹
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	貓頭鷹
	Shaoguan	貓頭鷹
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	貓頭鷹
	Renhua	貓頭鳥
	Lechang	貓頭鷹
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	貓頭鷹
	Sihui	貓頭鷹
	Guangning	貓頭鷹
	Deqing	貓頭鷹
	Huaiji	冚木雀
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	貓頭鷹
	Yunfu	貓頭鷹
	Xinxing	貓頭鷹
	Luoding	貓頭鷹
	Yunan (Pingtai)	貓頭鷹
	Yangjiang	鬼勾雀, 鬼勾
	Xinyi	貓頭鷹
	Lianjiang	貓頭鷹
	Nanning	貓頭鷹
	Nanning (Tanka)	貓頭鷹
	Wuzhou	貓頭鷹
	Yulin	貓頭鷹
	Rongxian	貓頭鷹
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	貓頭鷹
	Hepu (Shatian)	鬼雀
	Guiping	貓頭鷹
	Guiping (Mule)	貓頭鷹
	Pingnan	貓頭鷹
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	貓頭鷹
	Guigang (Pingdong)	貓頭鷹
Beihai	貓頭鷹
Beihai (Nankang)	貓頭鷹
Beihai (Yingpan)	貓頭鷹
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	貓頭鷹
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	貓頭鷹
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	貓頭鷹
Danzhou	咕咮
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
Sarikei (Xinhui)	貓頭鷹
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
Móng Cái	貓頭鷹
Mandalay (Taishan)	大貓鼠
Bangkok (Guangfu)	貓頭鷹
Betong (Rongxian)	貓頭鷹
Gan	Nanchang	夜哇子, 貓頭鷹
	Pengze	貓頭鷹
	Lichuan	大頭鳥
	Pingxiang	貓公鳥
	Liuyang	貓公鳥哩
Hakka	Meixian	貓頭鳥, 貓頭翁, 貓頭鷹
	Dabu (Xihe)	貓頭鳥, 大目狗頂
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	貓頭鷹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	貓頭鷹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	貓頭鷹
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	貓頭鷹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	貓頭鳥
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	貓頭鳥, 目睡鳥, 老人鳥
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	目睡牯, 老人鳥
	Wuhua (Changbu)	貓頭鳥
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	貓頭鳥
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	貓頭牯
	Conghua (Lütian)	貓頭鷹
	Jiexi	貓頭鷹
	Luhe	貓頭鷹
	Changting	貓頭鳥
	Yongding	大目狗頂
	Yongding (Xiayang)	大目狗頂
	Yongding (Gaobei)	貓頭鳥
	Yongding (Hukeng)	貓頭鳥
	Wuping	貓頭鳥
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	貓頭鳥
	Liancheng (Peitian)	貓頭鳥
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	貓頭鳥
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	貓頭鳥
	Yudu	貓頭鳥, 貓狸鳥
	Ruijin	貓頭鳥
	Shicheng	貓狼孩
	Shangyou (Shexi)	貓頭鳥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓頭鳥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貓頭鳥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	貓頭鳥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貓頭鳥
	Hong Kong	貓頭鳥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	貓頭鷹
	Sabah (Longchuan)	貓頭鷹
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	大目狗頂
	Senai (Huiyang)	貓頭鳥
	Singkawang	貓頭鳥
	Bangkok (Meixian)	貓頭鷹
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	大目狗頂
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	大目鳥
Huizhou	Jixi	夜鴣
	Shexian	貓頭鷹
	Fuliang	貓頭鷹
Jin	Taiyuan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 咶咶油
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	鴟怪子, 咶咶油
	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	鴰鴰鷂, 貓頭鷹
	Pingyao	信虎
	Yangyuan	突死叫
	Datong	貓性鶻
	Xinzhou	禿嘶角
	Lishi	貓頭鷹, 信虎
	Linfen	鴟關子
	Changzhi	突叫, 信虎
	Taibus (Baochang)	突鴟怪
	Linhe	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 鴟怪子
	Jining	貓頭鷹
	Hohhot	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子, 禿死怪
	Baotou	貓頭鷹, 禿鴟怪
	Dongsheng	鴟怪子
	Haibowan	夜貓子, 鴟怪子
	Erenhot	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Pingshan	鴰鴰黝
	Zhangjiakou	夜貓子
	Handan	貓頭鷹, 夜貓子
	Linzhou	咕咕喵兒
	Suide	恨鶘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牯頂鷂, 牯頂仔
	Wuyishan	貓仔頭
	Pucheng (Shibei)	貓仔頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Fuqing	貓王鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Yongtai	貓王鳥
	Gutian	鴣王囝
	Fu'an	貓狸頭鴣鳥
	Ningde	貓狸鳥
	Shouning	貓咪頭鳥
	Zhouning	鴣翁
	Fuding	貓咪鳥
Southern Min	Xiamen	暗光鳥, 鴣黃
	Quanzhou	暗光鳥, 鴣黃, 貓頭鷹
	Yongchun	鴣黃貓
	Zhangzhou	暗光鳥, 暗鳥, 鴣黃
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	虎舅鳥
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	鴣黃
	Nanjing	虎舅鳥
	Pinghe	鴣黃
	Yunxiao	貓頭鷹
	Zhao'an	貓頭鷹
	Dongshan	暗鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Taipei	暗光鳥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Kaohsiung	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥, 鴣黃
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	暗光鳥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	暗光鳥, 鴣黃
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	暗光鳥仔, 鴣黃
	Yilan	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Changhua (Lukang)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Taichung	貓頭鳥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	貓頭鳥
	Tainan	暗光鳥, 鴣黃
	Tainan (Anping)	暗光鳥
	Taitung	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu	貓頭鳥
	Kinmen	暗光鳥
	Penghu (Magong)	貓頭鳥, 暗光鳥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	貓頭鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鷹, 貓頭鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	暗光鳥, 貓頭鳥
	Longyan	貓頭鷹
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	牯頂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	貓頭鳥
	Chaozhou	貓頭鷹
	Shantou	貓頭鷹
	Jieyang	貓頭鷹
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓頭鷹
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	貓頭鳥
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	貓頭鳥
	Pontianak (Teochew)	貓頭鷹
	Wenchang	鴣黃
	Haikou	貓頭鷹
Puxian Min	Putian	貓狸鷹
	Xianyou	古門貓
Central Min	Yong'an	古董鳥, 貓仔頭鷂 suburbs
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	大頭鳥
	Jiangle	棉蓬蘢
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	貓頭鷹
	Sanxiang	貓頭鷹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	貓頭鷹
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	貓兒頭鳥, 貓頭鷹
Shehua	Sanming	貓頭鳥
	Shunchang	貓頭鳥
	Guixi (Zhangping)	貓頭鳥
	Lishui	貓頭鷂
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	野貓子
Wu	Shanghai	貓頭鷹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	夜貓
	Shanghai (Jiading)	貓頭鷹
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	搖鈴鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Suzhou	貓頭鷹
	Wuxi	貓頭鷹
	Danyang	貓頭鷹
	Hangzhou	貓頭鷹
	Ningbo	竹萑, 貓頭鷹
	Wenzhou	竹萑, 老竹, 貓頭鷹
	Jinhua	貓局瘟
Xiang	Changsha	貓頭鳥, 貓哭鳥, 貓頭鷹
	Xiangtan	哭鳥
	Miluo (Changle)	貓嘴鳥, 喔鳥, 喔鳥⿰口姐
	Loudi	哭鳥子, 夜貓子
	Shuangfeng	哭鳥
	Jiangyong	貓關鳥
	Quanzhou	貓頭鷹

Compounds

• 夜梟／夜枭 (yèxiāo)
• 梟亂／枭乱 (xiāoluàn)
• 梟將／枭将 (xiāojiàng)
• 梟獍／枭獍 (xiāojìng)
• 梟盧／枭卢
• 梟雄／枭雄 (xiāoxióng)
• 梟首／枭首 (xiāoshǒu)
• 梟首示眾／枭首示众 (xiāoshǒu shìzhòng)
• 梟騎／枭骑
• 梟鳥／枭鸟 (xiāoniǎo)
• 毒梟／毒枭 (dúxiāo)
• 私梟／私枭
• 衣冠梟獍／衣冠枭獍 (yīguānxiāojìng)
• 鴟梟／鸱枭 (chīxiāo)
• 鹽梟／盐枭 (yánxiāo)

 

Japanese

Wikispecies

Kanji

梟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: ふくろう (fukurō, 梟)^{←ふくろふ (fukurofu, 梟, historical)}

Etymology

フクロウ

Kanji in this term
梟
ふくろ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
梟
ふくろう Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふく​ろー [fùkúꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ふくろ​ー [fùkúróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ː]

Noun

梟(ふくろう) or 梟(ふくろ) • (fukurō or fukuro) ^{←ふくろふ (fukurofu)?}

1. an owl

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as フクロウ.

Korean

Hanja

梟 (eumhun 올빼미 효 (olppaemi hyo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

梟: Hán Nôm readings: kiêu

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References

• Nom Foundation