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Dove / Pigeon
鴿 means turtle-dove, pigeon, or dove. This can refer to domestic or feral pigeons.
Note: There are a few other characters that can represent pigeons or doves.
Pigeon / Turtle-Dove
鳩 means turtle-dove (Turtur orientalis), pigeon, or dove.
Note: There are a few other characters that can represent pigeons or doves.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鳩 鸠 see styles |
jiū jiu1 chiu hato はと |
More info & calligraphy: Pigeon / Turtle-Dovepigeon; dove; (surname, female given name) Hato A dove; to collect; translit. ku, gu, ko, ki; cf. 瞿, 拘, 倶, 矩. |
鴿 鸽 see styles |
gē ge1 ko hato はと dobato どばと |
More info & calligraphy: Dove / Pigeonpigeon; dove; (kana only) domestic pigeon; feral pigeon pārāvata; kapotaka; a dove, pigeon. |
マーリン see styles |
maarin / marin マーリン |
More info & calligraphy: Merlin |
囮 see styles |
é e2 o otori おとり |
decoy (1) (kana only) decoy (for hunting); stool; (2) (kana only) lure; decoy; stool pigeon; trap |
鳻 see styles |
fēn fen1 fen |
the wild pigeon |
仔鳩 see styles |
kobato こばと |
(1) squab; young pigeon; (2) pigeon meat |
信鴿 信鸽 see styles |
xìn gē xin4 ge1 hsin ko |
homing pigeon; carrier pigeon |
八憍 see styles |
bā jiāo ba1 jiao1 pa chiao hakkyō |
The eight kinds of pride, or arrogance, resulting in domineering: because of strength; of clan, or name; of wealth; of independence, or position; of years, or age; of cleverness, or wisdom; of good or charitable deeds; of good looks. Of these, eight birds are named as types: 鴟梟 two kinds of owl, eagle, vulture, crow, magpie, pigeon, wagtail. |
内股 see styles |
uchimomo うちもも uchimata うちまた |
inner thigh; (1) inner thigh; (noun/participle) (2) (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward; (3) uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs |
内鰐 see styles |
uchiwani うちわに |
knock-kneed; pigeon-toed |
冠鳩 see styles |
kanmuribato かんむりばと |
crowned pigeon |
初鳩 see styles |
hatsubato はつばと |
pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers) |
土鳩 see styles |
dobato どばと |
(kana only) domestic pigeon; feral pigeon |
堂鳩 see styles |
doubato / dobato どうばと |
(rare) (See 土鳩) domestic pigeon |
子鳩 see styles |
kobato こばと |
(1) squab; young pigeon; (2) pigeon meat |
家鳩 see styles |
iebato いえばと |
(See 土鳩) domestic pigeon; feral pigeon |
山鳩 see styles |
yamabato やまばと |
(1) mountain-dwelling dove; (2) (See キジバト) Oriental turtle dove; rufous turtle dove; (3) (See アオバト) white-bellied green pigeon; (surname) Yamabato |
岩鴿 岩鸽 see styles |
yán gē yan2 ge1 yen ko |
(bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris) |
木豆 see styles |
kimame; kimame きまめ; キマメ |
(kana only) pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) |
海鳩 see styles |
umibato; umibato うみばと; ウミバト |
(kana only) pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) |
烏鳩 see styles |
karasubato; karasubato からすばと; カラスバト |
(kana only) Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina); black wood pigeon |
緑鳩 see styles |
aobato あおばと |
(kana only) white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii) |
蓑鳩 see styles |
minobato; minobato みのばと; ミノバト |
(kana only) Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) |
軍鳩 see styles |
gunkyuu / gunkyu ぐんきゅう |
(rare) {mil} (See 伝書鳩・でんしょばと) carrier pigeon; war pigeon |
野鳩 see styles |
yakyuu / yakyu やきゅう |
wild pigeon; wild dove; (given name) Yakyū |
雛鴿 雏鸽 see styles |
chú gē chu2 ge1 ch`u ko chu ko |
squab; nestling pigeon |
雪鴿 雪鸽 see styles |
xuě gē xue3 ge1 hsüeh ko |
(bird species of China) snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) |
青鳩 see styles |
aobato あおばと |
(kana only) white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii) |
飛鴿 飞鸽 see styles |
fēi gē fei1 ge1 fei ko |
Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) |
鳩信 see styles |
kyuushin / kyushin きゅうしん |
communication by carrier pigeon |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Dove Pigeon | 鴿 鸽 | hato | gē / ge1 / ge | ko |
| Pigeon Turtle-Dove | 鳩 鸠 | hato | jiū / jiu1 / jiu | chiu |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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