"烏" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

IPA: [ɯ̟] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), u [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 烏 (MC 'u). The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=う}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|烏}} 烏 (MC 'u) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|う}} 烏(う) • (u)
  1. crow; raven
    Sense id: en-烏-ja-affix-2PtfG6Od Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Corvids Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 36 7 0 25 0 32 Disambiguation of Corvids: 39 2 0 36 0 23
  2. black; dark
    Sense id: en-烏-ja-affix-OzH26Jkg
  3. (figuratively) sun Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-烏-ja-affix-J3VvBQ4U
  4. A Chinese interrogative for rhetorical questions.
    Sense id: en-烏-ja-affix-W1Xadjse Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese affixes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Corvids Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 15 15 1 0 0 15 0 1 0 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 17 3 0 0 1 Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 26 7 0 45 0 23 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 2 0 82 0 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 3 0 61 0 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 3 0 73 0 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 36 7 0 25 0 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 16 3 0 66 0 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 3 0 67 0 14 Disambiguation of Corvids: 39 2 0 36 0 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Derived forms: 烏喙骨: coracoid (ukaikotsu) (ruby: (), (かい), (こつ)) [bone, anatomy, medicine, sciences], 烏合 (ugō) (ruby: (), (ごう)), 烏口骨: coracoid (ukōkotsu) (ruby: (), (こう), (こつ)) [bone, anatomy, medicine, sciences], 烏骨鶏: silky (ukokkei), silkie (english: breed of chicken), 烏頭 (uzu) (ruby: 烏頭(うず)), 烏啄骨: coracoid (utakukotsu) (ruby: (), (たく), (こつ)) [bone, anatomy, medicine, sciences], 烏木 (uboku) (ruby: (), (ぼく)), 烏薬 (uyaku) (ruby: 烏薬(うやく)), 烏有 (uyū) (ruby: (), (ゆう)) (english: nonexistence, nothing), 屋烏 (okū) (ruby: (おく), ()) (english: crow perching on a roof), 金烏 (kin'u) (ruby: (きん), ())

Character

  1. Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji, no-gloss Derived forms: 烏賊 (ika) (ruby: 烏賊(いか)) (english: squid, cuttlefish), 烏帽子 (eboshi) (ruby: 烏帽子(えぼし)), 烏秋 (ōchū) (ruby: 烏秋(オウチュウ)), 烏頭 (kuwayuki) (ruby: 烏頭(くわゆき))

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ɾa̠sɨ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (からす)), [canonical] (ruby: (カラス)), karasu [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *karasu. Compound of から (kara, “caw”, onomatopoeia, imitative of a crow's caw) + す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names). Compare the す (su) in 鶯 (uguisu), 杜鵑 (hototogisu), モズ (mozu). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*karasu}} Proto-Japonic *karasu, {{com|ja|から|す|pos1=onomatopoeia, imitative of a crow's caw|pos2=ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names|t1=caw|t2=bird|tr1=kara|tr2=su}} から (kara, “caw”, onomatopoeia, imitative of a crow's caw) + す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names) Head templates: {{ja-noun|からす|カラス}} 烏(からす) or 烏(カラス) • (karasu)
  1. a crow or raven Synonyms: 慈鳥
    Sense id: en-烏-ja-noun-yqj8EXx9 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Corvids Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 36 7 0 25 0 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Corvids: 39 2 0 36 0 23 Derived forms: 烏揚羽 (karasu ageha) (ruby: 烏揚羽(カラスアゲハ)), 烏瓜 (karasu uri) (ruby: 烏瓜(カラスウリ)), 烏が鵜の真似 (karasu ga u no mane) (ruby: (からす), (), 真似(まね)), 烏頭 (karasugashira) (ruby: 烏頭(からすがしら)), 烏座 (Karasuza) (ruby: (からす), ()) (english: the Corvus constellation), 烏山椒 (karasu sanshō) (ruby: 烏山椒(カラスサンショウ)), 烏樒 (karasu shikimi) (ruby: 烏樒(カラスシキミ)), 烏の行水 (karasu no gyōzui) (ruby: (からす), (ぎょう), (ずい)) (english: a quick bath), 烏茸 (ruby: 烏茸(カラスタケ)) (english: karasu take), 烏鳩 (karasu-bato) (ruby: 烏鳩(カラスバト)), 烏柄杓 (karasu-bishaku) (ruby: 烏柄杓(カラスビシャク)), 烏蛇 (karasuhebi) (ruby: 烏蛇(からすへび)), 烏麦 (karasumugi) (ruby: 烏麦(カラスムギ)), 海烏 (umigarasu) (ruby: 海烏(ウミガラス)), 川烏 (kawakarasu) (ruby: 川烏(カワカラス)), 黄嘴烏 (kibashigarasu) (ruby: 黄嘴烏(キバシガラス)), 子烏 (kogarasu) (ruby: 子烏(こがらす)), 三羽烏 (sanbakarasu) (ruby: 三羽烏(さんばからす)), 濡烏 (nuregarasu) (ruby: (ぬれ), (がらす)) (english: jet-black), 羽衣烏 (hagoromo-garasu) (ruby: 羽衣烏(ハゴロモガラス)), 笛烏 (fue-garasu) (ruby: 笛烏(フエガラス)), 紅嘴烏 (benibashi-garasu) (ruby: 紅嘴烏(ベニバシガラス)), 深山烏 (miyama-garasu) (ruby: 深山烏(ミヤマガラス)), 胸白烏 (munejiro-garasu) (ruby: 胸白烏(ムネジロガラス)), 八咫烏 (yatagarasu) (ruby: (), (), (がらす)) (english: three legged crow in Japanese mythology), 夜烏 (yogarasu) (ruby: 夜烏(よがらす)), 渡烏 (watari-garasu) (ruby: 渡烏(ワタリガラス)) (english: common raven)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jinmeiyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "squid, cuttlefish",
          "roman": "ika",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏賊",
              "いか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏賊"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eboshi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏帽子",
              "えぼし"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏帽子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ōchū",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏秋",
              "オウチュウ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏秋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kuwayuki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏頭",
              "くわゆき"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏頭"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-烏-ja-character-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "Jinmeiyō",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "烏"
}

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        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "jpx-pro",
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "烏",
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          "烏",
          "からす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "烏",
      "ruby": [
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          "カラス"
        ]
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "2": "カラス"
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      "expansion": "烏(からす) or 烏(カラス) • (karasu)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "39 2 0 36 0 23",
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          "name": "Corvids",
          "orig": "ja:Corvids",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "karasu ageha",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏揚羽",
              "カラスアゲハ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏揚羽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasu uri",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏瓜",
              "カラスウリ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏瓜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasu ga u no mane",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏",
              "からす"
            ],
            [
              "鵜",
              "う"
            ],
            [
              "真似",
              "まね"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏が鵜の真似"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasugashira",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏頭",
              "からすがしら"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏頭"
        },
        {
          "english": "the Corvus constellation",
          "roman": "Karasuza",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏",
              "からす"
            ],
            [
              "座",
              "ざ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏座"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasu sanshō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏山椒",
              "カラスサンショウ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏山椒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasu shikimi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏樒",
              "カラスシキミ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏樒"
        },
        {
          "english": "a quick bath",
          "roman": "karasu no gyōzui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏",
              "からす"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "ぎょう"
            ],
            [
              "水",
              "ずい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏の行水"
        },
        {
          "english": "karasu take",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏茸",
              "カラスタケ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏茸"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasu-bato",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏鳩",
              "カラスバト"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏鳩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasu-bishaku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏柄杓",
              "カラスビシャク"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏柄杓"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasuhebi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏蛇",
              "からすへび"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏蛇"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karasumugi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "烏麦",
              "カラスムギ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "烏麦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "umigarasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "海烏",
              "ウミガラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "海烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kawakarasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "川烏",
              "カワカラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "川烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kibashigarasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "黄嘴烏",
              "キバシガラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "黄嘴烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kogarasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "子烏",
              "こがらす"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "子烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sanbakarasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "三羽烏",
              "さんばからす"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "三羽烏"
        },
        {
          "english": "jet-black",
          "roman": "nuregarasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "濡",
              "ぬれ"
            ],
            [
              "烏",
              "がらす"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "濡烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hagoromo-garasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "羽衣烏",
              "ハゴロモガラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "羽衣烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fue-garasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "笛烏",
              "フエガラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "笛烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "benibashi-garasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "紅嘴烏",
              "ベニバシガラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "紅嘴烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "miyama-garasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "深山烏",
              "ミヤマガラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "深山烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "munejiro-garasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "胸白烏",
              "ムネジロガラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "胸白烏"
        },
        {
          "english": "three legged crow in Japanese mythology",
          "roman": "yatagarasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "八",
              "や"
            ],
            [
              "咫",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "烏",
              "がらす"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "八咫烏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yogarasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夜烏",
              "よがらす"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夜烏"
        },
        {
          "english": "common raven",
          "roman": "watari-garasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "渡烏",
              "ワタリガラス"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "渡烏"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a crow or raven"
      ],
      "id": "en-烏-ja-noun-yqj8EXx9",
      "links": [
        [
          "crow",
          "crow"
        ],
        [
          "raven",
          "raven"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "慈鳥"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "からす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ɾa̠sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "烏"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ukaikotsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "烏",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "喙",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "骨",
          "こつ"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bone",
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "烏喙骨: coracoid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ugō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "烏",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "合",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "烏合"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ukōkotsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "烏",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "口",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "骨",
          "こつ"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bone",
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "烏口骨: coracoid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ukokkei",
      "word": "烏骨鶏: silky"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "breed of chicken",
      "word": "silkie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uzu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "烏頭",
          "うず"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "烏頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utakukotsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "烏",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "啄",
          "たく"
        ],
        [
          "骨",
          "こつ"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bone",
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "烏啄骨: coracoid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uboku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "烏",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "木",
          "ぼく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "烏木"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uyaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "烏薬",
          "うやく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "烏薬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "nonexistence, nothing",
      "roman": "uyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "烏",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "有",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "烏有"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "crow perching on a roof",
      "roman": "okū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "屋",
          "おく"
        ],
        [
          "烏",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "屋烏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kin'u",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "金",
          "きん"
        ],
        [
          "烏",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "金烏"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "烏"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 烏 (MC 'u).\nThe goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.",
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              "烏",
              "う"
            ],
            [
              "有",
              "ゆう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "烏有 ― uyū ― (literally “not-have”) nonexistence; nothing"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Chinese interrogative for rhetorical questions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetorical question",
          "rhetorical question#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "烏"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 烏 meaning in Japanese (9.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "烏"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "烏",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "烏"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "affix",
  "title": "烏",
  "trace": ""
}

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