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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.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 鴿 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
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. |
信鴿 信鸽 see styles |
xìn gē xin4 ge1 hsin ko |
homing pigeon; carrier pigeon |
原鴿 原鸽 see styles |
yuán gē yuan2 ge1 yüan ko |
(bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia) |
岩鴿 岩鸽 see styles |
yán gē yan2 ge1 yen ko |
(bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris) |
歐鴿 欧鸽 see styles |
ōu gē ou1 ge1 ou ko |
(bird species of China) stock dove (Columba oenas) |
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) |
飛鴿 飞鸽 see styles |
fēi gē fei1 ge1 fei ko |
Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) |
鳩鴿 鸠鸽 see styles |
jiū gē jiu1 ge1 chiu ko kukō |
dove dove |
鴿園 鸽园 see styles |
gē yuán ge1 yuan2 ko yüan |
A famous monastery said to be in Kashmir, the Kapotakasaṃghārāma, v. 迦布德迦. |
鴿子 鸽子 see styles |
gē zi ge1 zi5 ko tzu hatoko はとこ |
pigeon; dove; various birds of the family Columbidae (female given name) Hatoko |
鴿房 鸽房 see styles |
gē fáng ge1 fang2 ko fang |
dovecote; enclosure for carrier pigeons |
鴿派 鸽派 see styles |
gē pài ge1 pai4 ko p`ai ko pai |
dove faction (opposite: 鷹派|鹰派[ying1 pai4], hawks); peace party; the faction seeking peace |
鵓鴿 鹁鸽 see styles |
bó gē bo2 ge1 po ko |
pigeon |
中亞鴿 中亚鸽 see styles |
zhōng yà gē zhong1 ya4 ge1 chung ya ko |
(bird species of China) yellow-eyed pigeon (Columba eversmanni) |
傳書鴿 传书鸽 see styles |
chuán shū gē chuan2 shu1 ge1 ch`uan shu ko chuan shu ko |
carrier pigeon (used for mail) |
和平鴿 和平鸽 see styles |
hé píng gē he2 ping2 ge1 ho p`ing ko ho ping ko |
dove of peace |
天鴿座 天鸽座 see styles |
tiān gē zuò tian1 ge1 zuo4 t`ien ko tso tien ko tso |
Columba (constellation) |
放鴿子 放鸽子 see styles |
fàng gē zi fang4 ge1 zi5 fang ko tzu |
to stand sb up; to bail on sb |
灰林鴿 灰林鸽 see styles |
huī lín gē hui1 lin2 ge1 hui lin ko |
(bird species of China) ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis) |
紫林鴿 紫林鸽 see styles |
zǐ lín gē zi3 lin2 ge1 tzu lin ko |
(bird species of China) pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea) |
黑林鴿 黑林鸽 see styles |
hēi lín gē hei1 lin2 ge1 hei lin ko |
(bird species of China) Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) |
Variations: |
dobato; dobato どばと; ドバト |
(kana only) domestic pigeon; feral pigeon |
斑尾林鴿 斑尾林鸽 see styles |
bān wěi lín gē ban1 wei3 lin2 ge1 pan wei lin ko |
(bird species of China) common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) |
點斑林鴿 点斑林鸽 see styles |
diǎn bān lín gē dian3 ban1 lin2 ge1 tien pan lin ko |
(bird species of China) speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) |
Variations: |
hato(p); hato はと(P); ハト |
pigeon; dove |
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 |
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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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
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We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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