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鸱 · Ouyang Tong

Chī (1st tone). The Shuowen Jiezi gives it as 「䳠也」 — a kind of fierce bird; the received reading is a sparrow-hawk / kite (鹞子, 鹞鹰), a raptor of omen. The compound 鸱鸮 names the owl-kind (《诗经·豳风·鸱鸮》 is a whole poem about the owl), and 怪鸱 in 《 $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart