火の鳥

火の鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	鳥
ひ Grade: 1	とり Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 火 (hi, “fire”) +‎ の (no, “possessive particle”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”).

Noun

火の鳥 (hiragana ひのとり, rōmaji hi no tori)

1. (mythology) a phoenix, more specifically as in Western mythology

Synonyms

• 不 (ふ)死 (し)鳥 (ちょう) (fushichō): "undying bird"
• 鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう) (hōō): a phoenix, as in Eastern mythology
• 朱 (す)雀 (ざく) (suzaku): "red/vermilion bird"
• フェニックス (fenikkusu): phoenix as transcribed into katakana

See also

• Phoenix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia