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子規

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| | child; son; (noun suffix)child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | compass; rule | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | trad. (子規) | | | | simp. (子规) | | | | alternative forms | 子鳺子𱉎 | |

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子規

  1. (~鳥) cuckoo
Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 子規 (MC tsiX kjwie).

子()規() (shiki)

  1. Synonym of ほととぎす (hototogisu): the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus

子()規() (Shiki)

  1. Short for 正岡子規 (Masaoka Shiki): Meiji-period author, poet, and literary critic
Kanji in this term
ほととぎす
Grade: 1 Grade: 5
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 子規 – see the following entry.
(This term, 子規, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

The kanji spelling is from shiki above.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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