百舌

Chinese

		hundred	tongue
trad. (百舌)		百	舌
simp. #(百舌)		百	舌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎishé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎishé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎishé
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-shê²
    • Yale: bǎi-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baesher
    • Palladius: байшэ (bajšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/

Noun

百舌

1. (～鳥) Alternative name for 烏鶇／乌鸫 (wūdōng, “blackbird; Turdus merula”).

Derived terms

• 百舌之聲 / 百舌之声

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
百	舌
もず
Grade: 1	Grade: 6
irregular

Alternative spellings
百舌鳥 鴃 鵙 鶪

モズ (mozu): a bull-headed shrike in winter in Japan.

Etymology

*⟨mo₁mo₁ su⟩ → */monsu/ → ⟨mo₁zu⟩ → */mʷozu/ → /mozu/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Likely originally a compound of 百 (momo, “hundreds; lots and lots”, in reference to the bird's practice of mimicking other bird calls) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), literally "hundred tongues", from the way shrikes can mimic other bird calls.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もず [móꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞zɨ]

Noun

百舌(もず) or 百舌(モズ) • (mozu) 

1. Lanius bucephalus, the bull-headed shrike
2. general name for birds in family Laniidae: the shrikes

   Hypernym: 雀 (suzume)

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 1897:
     , text here

     春(はる)之(し)在(あれ)者(は)伯勞鳥(もず)之(の)草(くさ)具吉(ぐき)雖不所見(みえずとも)吾(われ)者(は)見将遣(みやらむ)君(きみ)之(が)當(あたり)乎婆(をば) [Man'yōgana]

     春(はる)さればもずの草(くさ)潜(ぐき)見(み)えずとも我(わ)れは見(み)やらむ君(きみ)があたりをば [Modern spelling]

     haru sareba mozu no kusaguki miezu to mo ware wa miyaran kimi ga atari o ba

     After spring has come the shrike goes plunging in the reeds and cannot be seen―but I will spy it out, my love, the place where you have your home.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 百舌(もず)勘定(かんじょう) (mozu kanjō)
• 百舌鳥(もず)古(こ)墳群(ふんぐん) (Mozu Kofungun)
• 百舌(もず)の草潜(くさぐき) (mozu no kusaguki)
• 百舌(もず)の速贄(はやにえ) (mozu no hayanie)
• 百舌(モズ)鶲(ヒタキ) (mozuhitaki)
• 赤(アカ)百舌(モズ), 赤鵙(アカモズ) (akamozu)
• 大(オオ)唐(カラ)鵙(モズ) (ōkara-mozu)
• 大(オオ)百舌(モズ) (ōmozu)
• 高砂(タカサゴ)百舌(モズ) (Takasago mozu)
• 稚児(チゴ)百舌(モズ) (chigomozu)
• 羽(ハ)黒(グロ)尾(オ)長(ナガ)百舌(モズ), 羽(ハ)黒(グロ)尾(オ)長(ナガ)鵙(モズ) (haguro-onaga mozu)
• 藪(ヤブ)百舌(モズ) (yabumozu)