禿鷲
See also: 秃鹫
Chinese
bald; blunt | black eagle; condor; cruel | ||
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trad. (禿鷲) | 禿 | 鷲 | |
simp. (秃鹫) | 秃 | 鹫 |
Pronunciation
Noun
禿鷲
- cinereous vulture
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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禿 | 鷲 |
はげ Hyōgaiji | わし Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
禿 (hage, “bald”) + 鷲 (washi, “eagle”)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) はげわし [hàgéwáshí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ha̠ɡe̞ɰᵝa̠ɕi]
Noun
禿鷲 (hiragana はげわし, katakana ハゲワシ, rōmaji hagewashi)
- an Old World vulture
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with 白頭鷲 (hakutōwashi, “bald eagle”, literally “white-headed eagle”).
See also
- コンドル (kondoru, “New World vulture”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN