Reader Collection > Guides > Guide to Japanese Woodblock Prints of Flowers and Birds > Appendix 1

 

 

 

 

 

Published by the Reader Collection, Ontario Canada, 2014,

ISBN 978-0-9937035-0-8

 

Appendix 1 - The kanji ideogram names of flowers and birds included in Chapter 2 are listed below, arranged by Kangxi radical number. Their English names are also given.

 

Kangxi radical number

Kanji name

English name

1

一紅鳥

cut-throat

1

一薬草

Japanese wintergreen

1

丁字草

amsonia

1

七面鳥

turkey

1

七竈

Japanese rowan

1

万年青

sacred lily

1

万目

common moorhen

1

三光鳥

Japanese paradise-flycatcher

1

三呼鳥

Japanese paradise-flycatcher

1

三家五位

great bittern

1

三色菫

pansy

1

三葉通草

threeleaf akebia

1

下野

Japanese spiraea

1

不如帰

lesser cuckoo

3

丸葉のホロシ

nightshade

3

丸葉金鈴花

greater patrinia

3

丹頂鶴

red-crowned crane

5

九官鳥

common hill myna

5

九輪草

Japanese cowslip

7

五位鷺

black-crowned night-heron

7

五十雀

Eurasian nuthatch

7

五色インコ

rainbow lorikeet

8

牽牛花

Japanese morning-glory

8

交喙

red crossbill

9

仏手柑

etrog

9

仏法僧

dollarbird

9

仙翁花

ragged-robin

9

伊勢鴨

Eurasian widgeon

9

伯勞

bull-headed shrike

9

佛法僧

dollarbird

9

使君子

rangoon creeper

9

使唐梅

wintersweet

9

便追

olive-backed pipit

9

信濃金梅

Kamchatka globeflower

9

倒掛

blue-crowned hanging-parrot

10

元日草

pheasant's eye

11

入内雀

russet sparrow

12

八哥鳥

crested myna

12

八頭

Eurasian hoopoe

14

冠青鸞

crested argus

15

冬菊

Indian chrysanthemum

15

冰生溲疏

deutzia

15

凌霄花

Chinese trumpet-creeper

18

刀豆

sword bean

18

刀鴨

green-winged teal

18

刈萱

red grass

18

剖葦鳥

oriental reed warbler

18

剪春羅

gampi

18

剪秋羅

gampi

21

北五味子

schisandra

24

十二紅

Japanese waxwing

24

十二黃

Bohemian waxwing

24

十姉妹

white-rumped munia

24

千日紅

globe amaranth

24

千金藤

snake vine

24

千鳥

little ringed plover

24

南五味子

Japanese kadsura

24

南京梅

wintersweet

24

南京鳩

white-bellied pigeon

24

南天

heavenly bamboo

24

南燭

heavenly bamboo

24

南緑鸚哥

red-breasted parakeet

24

南蛇藤

Japanese bittersweet

26

卯の花

deutzia

27

domestic goose

27

swan goose

27

white-fronted goose

27

来紅

Chinese amaranth

27

来黄

Chinese amaranth

30

右納

sea hibiscus

30

合歓木

silktree

30

名護蘭

nago orchid

30

后雀

straw-tailed whydah

30

吐綬雞

Cabot's tragopan

30

向日葵

sunflower

30

含羞草

sensitive-plant

30

吸葛

Japanese honeysuckle

30

吾亦紅

great burnet

30

告天子

sky lark

30

唐桃

apricot

30

white-shouldered starling

30

唯紅鳥

Siberian rubythroat

30

喋喋吸蜜鹦鹉

chattering lorry

30

嘴太烏

large-billed crow

31

四十雀

great tit

31

四季鳥

oriental magpie robin

32

土筆

field horsetail

32

地錦

Japanese-creeper

32

地錦花

Chinese milk-vetch

32

報春鳥

olive-backed sunbird

33

壽帯鳥

blue magpie

33

壽載鳥

yellow-breasted magpie

35

夏茱萸

cherry elaeagnus

36

夕顔

bottle gourd

36

夜猫

Blakiston's fish-owl

36

夜落金

scarlet mallow

36

夜遊女

snowy owl

37

大官鳥

black-throated laughingthrush

37

大寿林

reed bunting

37

大山蓮華

oyama magnolia

37

大本青鸚哥

alexandrine parakeet

37

大根

radish

37

大瑠璃

blue-and-white flycatcher

37

大白鳥

whooper swan

37

大葉子

Asian plantain

37

大豆

soybean

37

大赤啄木鳥

white-backed woodpecker

37

大鷹

northern goshawk

37

大麥

barley

37

大麦

barley

37

太藺

bulrush

37

夾竹桃

oleander

38

女郎花

scabious patrinia

38

姫榊

Japanese eurya

38

姫烏頭

columbine

39

姫百合

morning-star lily

38

娥眉

greater-necklaced laughingthrush

38

嬰艸

primrose

39

子規

lesser cuckoo

39

孔雀

green peafowl

39

孔雀鳩

rock dove

40

実栗

bur reed

40

実葛

Japanese kadsura

40

宮城野萩

lespedeza

40

家雀

Eurasian tree sparrow

40

家鴨

mallard duck

41

射千

blackberry-lily

41

尉鶲

Daurian redstart

42

小千鳥

little ringed plover

42

小啄木鳥

pygmy woodpecker

42

小寿林

ochre-rumped bunting

42

小椋鳥

chestnut-cheeked starling

42

小楢

oak

42

小木菟

short-eared owl

42

小琉璃

Siberian blue robin

42

小紋鷓鴣

Chinese frankolin

42

小紫

purple beautyberry

42

小蓮

pygmy water-lily

42

小陵

wilow tit

42

小雀

willow tit

42

小鴨

green-wnged teal

44

尾長

azure-winged magpie

44

屁糞葛

skunkvine

46

山吹

Japanese kerria

46

山吹草

forest-poppy

46

山査子

Chinese hawthorn

46

山椒

Japanese-pepper

46

山椒喰

ashy minivet

46

山烏

red-billed chough

46

山百合

golden-rayed lily

46

山翡翠

crested kingfisher

46

山茱萸

Japanese cornel

46

山茶花

sasanqua camellia

46

山躑躅

torch azalea

46

山陵鳥

varied tit

46

山雀

varied tit

46

山雉

copper pheasant

46

山魚狗

crested kingfisher

46

山鳥

copper pheasant

46

山鳩

oriental turtle-dove

46

山鵲

blue magpie

46

岩啄木

Eurasian wryneck

46

岩梨子

Japanese ground laurel

46

岩煙草

gesneria

46

岩燕

Asian martin

46

岩鶫

blue rock-thrush

46

岩鷚

alpine accentor

46

島仙入

Middendorff's warbler

46

島寒菊

Indian chrysanthemum

46

島蒿雀

yellow-breasted bunting

46

島野路子

chestnut bunting

46

島野鵐

chestnut bunting

46

島青鵐

yellow-breasted bunting

46

島駒

rufous-tailed robin

46

島鵯

black bulbul

47

川原桔梗

lobelia

47

川原金翅雀

oriental greenfinch

47

川原鶸

oriental greenfinch

47

川烏

brown dipper

47

川穀

Job's tears

47

川蝉

common kingfisher

48

巧婦鳥

winter wren

49

巴鴨

Baikal teal

50

帯冠鳥

cockatiel

54

建蘭

Fukien orchid

60

彼岸花

red spider-lily

60

御前橘

bunchberry

60

御山竜胆

gentian

61

慈悲心鳥

Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo

61

懸巣

Eurasian jay

62

戎葵

hollyhock

62

戴勝

Eurasian hoopoe

64

折衷鸚鵡

eclectus parrot

64

拒霜花

cotton-rose

64

挂老婆

Siberian rubythroat

64

挾竹桃

oleander

64

撫子

fringed pink

64

brambling

64

擬宝珠

plantain lily

66

数珠玉

Job's tears

67

文鳥

Java sparrow

69

斷膓花

hardy begonia

 

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