fú

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Word · NounTraditional鵩

an ancient bird like an owl

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

an ancient bird like an owl

archaic

A rarely used, archaic term from classical texts. It appears most famously in the poem '鵩鸟赋' (Rhapsody on the Owl) by the Han dynasty writer Jia Yi, where the bird is considered an ill omen.

Jiǎ贾
Yì谊
céng曾
zuò作
 《
fú鵩
niǎo鸟
fù赋
 》
 。

Jia Yi once wrote the 'Rhapsody on the Owl'.

Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
 ,
fú鵩
niǎo鸟
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
bù不
xiáng祥
zhī之
niǎo鸟
 。

Ancient texts record that the 'fu' bird was an inauspicious bird.