dù​yǔ

cuckoo

Senses

杜宇 dù​yǔ cuckoo

The cuckoo bird; literary name for the 杜鹃 dù​juān.

杜宇 dù​yǔ Du Yu

Legendary king of the Shu State (ancient Sichuan) also known as 望帝 wàng​dì, who according to folklore was transformed into a cuckoo bird upon his death.

References

classifier 杜宇/杜宇 只/隻
same_as 杜宇/杜宇 杜鹃/杜鵑
same_as 杜宇/杜宇 杜鹃鸟/杜鵑鳥
see 杜宇/杜宇 望帝/望帝
synonym 杜鹃/杜鵑 杜宇/杜宇
see 鸤鸠/鳲鳩 杜宇/杜宇
same_as 子规/子規 杜宇/杜宇
same_as 望帝/望帝 杜宇/杜宇