Where does “鵜” come from?
鵜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鯎, from Japanese 食い — eating, grubbing up; bite.
鵜 (Japanese): a cormorant
Ancestry of “鵜”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 鯎 | the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled... |
| 2 | Japanese | 食い | eating, grubbing up; bite |