杜鵑

		fabricate; restrict; to prevent	cuckoo
trad. (杜鵑)		杜	鵑
simp. (杜鹃)		杜	鹃

Both the bird and flower were named after a mythological figure called Du Yu (杜宇). He was the leader of an ancient kingdom in present-day Sichuan area and became a cuckoo which was always wailing after dying with regret. Later, he was so grieved that he vomitted blood which dropped onto an azalea and made it red.

杜鵑

1. (～鳥) cuckoo (bird)
2. (～花) azalea and rhododendron, especially Rhododendron simsii

• (cuckoo):

• (azalea and rhododendron): 杜鵑花／杜鹃花 (dùjuānhuā), 映山紅／映山红 (yìngshānhóng), 滿山紅／满山红 (mǎnshānhóng), 躑躅／踯躅 (zhízhú)

Kanji in this term
杜	鵑
ほととぎす
Jinmeiyō	Hyōgai
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 杜鵑 – see the following entry.

【ほととぎすホトトギス】 [noun] the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus Alternative spellings 子規, 時鳥, 杜宇, 田鵑, 蜀魂, 郭公, 不如帰

(This term, 杜鵑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Kanji in this term
杜	鵑
と Jinmeiyō	けん Hyōgai
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 杜鵑 (MC duX kwen).

• (Tokyo) とけん [tòkéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞kẽ̞ɴ]

杜(と)鵑(けん) • (token) 

1. the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus

• 杜鵑花(とけんか) (tokenka)

Hanja in this term
杜	鵑

杜鵑 • (dugyeon) (hangeul 두견)

1. hanja form^? of 두견 (“cuckoo, azalea”)