鹖 (鶡 hé)
1. 一种像雉而善斗的鸟。
(A type of bird that resembles a pheasant and is known for its fighting prowess.)
2. 同本义 ([En.] brown long-tailed pheasant)
(Same as the original meaning – brown long-tailed pheasant.)
3. 注:“似鸡,五色,冬无毛,赤裸,昼夜鸣”。按,黄黑色,勇于斗一死乃止,故赵武灵王表武士以鹖尾,竖左右为鹖冠。
(Note: "Resembles a chicken, five colors; lacks feathers in winter, bare, sings day and night." It is yellow-black in color, known for its courage in battle, fighting until death, hence Zhao Wuling Wang symbolized warriors with the tail feathers of the鹖, erecting them on both sides as a crown.)
4. 一种中国特产的稀有珍禽 (Crossoptilon mantchuricum),属雉科,体羽大部分褐黑色,眼周裸出呈红色,颏和上喉色白,耳羽亦白,并向后延长形成角状,腰羽和尾上覆羽以及尾羽的基部为银白色,仅见于中国山西省北部、河北省北部及西北部山地。
(A rare bird species native to China (Crossoptilon mantchuricum), belonging to the pheasant family. Its body feathers are mostly brown-black, with red skin around the eyes, white chin and upper throat, white ear feathers extending backward into horn-like shapes, and silver-white color at the base of its tail feathers, found only in the northern mountains of Shanxi Province, northern and northwestern Hebei Province in China.)
5. 鹖的尾羽 ([En.] tail-feather of a brown long-tailed pheasant)
(The tail feather of a brown long-tailed pheasant.)
6. 如:鹖尾(鹖鸡的尾羽);鹖旦(鸟名。即寒号虫。又名鹖鸟)
(For example: 鹖 tail (tail feather of the brown long-tailed pheasant); 鹖 dawn (a bird name, referring to the cold-call bug, also known as鹖 bird).)
7. 鹖的尾羽 ([En.] tail-feather of a brown long-tailed pheasant).
(The tail feather of a brown long-tailed pheasant.)
8. 如:鹖苏 (鹖尾作的流苏);鹖载 (带鹖冠);鹖鸡冠 (即鹖冠。用鹖的尾羽装饰的冠)
(For example: 鹖 su (tassels made from the tail feathers of the brown long-tailed pheasant); 鹖 zai (adorned with a鹖 crown); 鹖 chicken crown (the鹖 crown, decorated with tail feathers of the鹖).)