梟

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owl

On-Yomi: キョウ

Koohii stories:

1) [Katsuo] 9-2-2007(37): The owl, being wise, is hiding its tail feathers in a tree so that its prey can't tell what kind of bird it is.

2) [kanjiwarrior] 12-6-2009(10): The owl is a very snooty bird, one could say that it has a tree stuck up it's ass. キョウ.

3) [taikura] 16-1-2009(6): The wise old bird sits on top of a tree; its feathers are camouflaged and blend in with the color of the tree. 梟悪 (great treachery; very atrocious person). 梟将 (brave general). 梟敵 (treacherous enemy). 梟猛 (Fierce). 梟雄 (Ringleader; accomplished villain).

4) [mantixen] 16-2-2007(6): The owl is a bird that often perches atop a tree.

5) [thecite] 13-1-2010(3): Aha! I've got you now Heisig! He says this is the only character in which the bird 'opens up' like this, there are three others I know of: Unicode-0x88ca (#35018 裊), Unicode-0x9cec (#40172 鳬) and island (#1948 島).

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