白熊
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous | bear; to scold; to rebuke | ||
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trad. (白熊) | 白 | 熊 | |
simp. #(白熊) | 白 | 熊 | |
Literally: “white bear”. |
Etymology
Compare Japanese 白熊 (shirokuma), Korean 흰곰 (huin'gom), Vietnamese gấu trắng, all of which literally means “white bear”.
Pronunciation
Noun
白熊
- polar bear
Synonyms
- 北極熊/北极熊 (běijíxióng)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 熊 |
しろ Grade: 1 | くま Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
From 白 (shiro, “white”) + 熊 (kuma, “bear”).[1][2] Compare Chinese 白熊, Korean 흰곰 (huin'gom), Vietnamese gấu trắng, all of which literally mean “white bear”.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) しろくま [shìrókúmá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝma̠]
Noun
白熊 • (shirokuma)
- Synonym of 北極熊 (Hokkyokuguma, “polar bear”)
- 1990 June 15, Takahashi, Rumiko, “PART.5 秘伝書を奪え [Part 5: Snatching the Scroll of Secrets]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 72:
- 日本の山中に…シロクマがいるか—————っ‼
- Nippon no sanchū ni… shirokuma ga iru ka—————'‼
- Why is there… a polar bear on a Japanese mountain!?
- 日本の山中に…シロクマがいるか—————っ‼
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References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN