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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.
鳩 means turtle-dove (Turtur orientalis), pigeon, or dove.
Note: There are a few other characters that can represent pigeons or doves.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your dove search...
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. |
鵻 see styles |
zhuī zhui1 chui |
snipe; turtle-dove |
タウ see styles |
daa / da ダヴ |
(company) Dove; (c) Dove |
タフ see styles |
dabu ダブ |
(1) dab; (2) dove; (3) dub; (personal name) Dub |
原鴿 原鸽 see styles |
yuán gē yuan2 ge1 yüan ko |
(bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia) |
咕嚕 咕噜 see styles |
gū lu gu1 lu5 ku lu |
(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove); rumbling; noisy drinking sound |
多芬 see styles |
duō fēn duo1 fen1 to fen |
Dove (brand) |
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 |
歐鴿 欧鸽 see styles |
ōu gē ou1 ge1 ou ko |
(bird species of China) stock dove (Columba oenas) |
珙桐 see styles |
gǒng tóng gong3 tong2 kung t`ung kung tung |
dove tree (Davidia involucrata) |
白鳩 see styles |
shirohato しろはと |
dove |
野鳩 see styles |
yakyuu / yakyu やきゅう |
wild pigeon; wild dove; (given name) Yakyū |
金鳩 see styles |
kinbato; kinbato きんばと; キンバト |
(kana only) emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica) |
雉鳩 see styles |
kijibato; kijibato キジバト; きじばと |
(kana only) Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); rufous turtle dove |
鳩座 see styles |
hatoza はとざ |
(astron) Columba (constellation); the Dove |
鳩派 see styles |
hatoha はとは |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) dove; moderate; soft-liner |
鳩鴿 鸠鸽 see styles |
jiū gē jiu1 ge1 chiu ko kukō |
dove dove |
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 |
鵓鳩 鹁鸠 see styles |
bó jiū bo2 jiu1 po chiu |
turtle dove or similar bird; (esp.) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) |
鵓鴣 鹁鸪 see styles |
bó gū bo2 gu1 po ku |
turtle dove or similar bird; oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) |
ダブ川 see styles |
dabugawa ダブがわ |
(place-name) River Dove |
トーク see styles |
dooku ドーク |
(obsolete) moderates (politics) (eng: dawk (dove + hawk)); centrists |
はと座 see styles |
hatoza はとざ |
(astron) Columba (constellation); the Dove |
はと派 see styles |
hatoha はとは |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) dove; moderate; soft-liner |
和平鴿 和平鸽 see styles |
hé píng gē he2 ping2 ge1 ho p`ing ko ho ping ko |
dove of peace |
小鵑鳩 小鹃鸠 see styles |
xiǎo juān jiū xiao3 juan1 jiu1 hsiao chüan chiu |
(bird species of China) little cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps) |
尸毘迦 尸毗迦 see styles |
shī pí jiā shi1 pi2 jia1 shih p`i chia shih pi chia Shibika |
Śivi, 尸毘伽; 尸毘略; also wrongly 濕鞞; one of Śākyamuni's former incarnations, when to save the life of a dove he cut off and gave his own flesh to an eagle which pursued it, which eagle was Śiva transformed in order to test him. 智度論 35. |
山斑鳩 山斑鸠 see styles |
shān bān jiū shan1 ban1 jiu1 shan pan chiu |
(bird species of China) oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) |
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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of art alive.
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