蝙蝠

蝙蝠

Chinese

			bat
trad. (蝙蝠)		蝙	蝠
simp. #(蝙蝠)		蝙	蝠
alternative forms		𧓧蝮 archaic

Etymology

An alliterative augmentation of 蝠 (OC *pɯɡ, “bat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːk (“bat”). Cognate with Mizo bâk (“bat”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): biānfú, biǎnfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˊ, ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): bian³ fu²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ fuk¹, bin¹ fuk¹, bin² fuk¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'bien³ fuh⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiên-fuk
• Min Bei (KCR): bǐng-bô̤
• Min Dong (BUC): biēng-hók
• Min Nan (POJ): pián-hok / pian-hok
• Wu (Wiktionary): pi foq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianfú
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-fu²
    • Yale: byān-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianfwu
    • Palladius: бяньфу (bjanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 蝙蝠 邊幅／边幅

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (蝙蝠兒／蝙蝠儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānfúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianfúr
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-furh²
    • Yale: byān-fúr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianfwul
    • Palladius: бяньфур (bjanʹfur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵⁵ fuɻʷ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, nonstandard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎnfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎnfú
    • Wade–Giles: pien³-fu²
    • Yale: byǎn-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beanfwu
    • Palladius: бяньфу (bjanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (蝙蝠兒／蝙蝠儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎnfúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎnfúr
    • Wade–Giles: pien³-furh²
    • Yale: byǎn-fúr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beanfwul
    • Palladius: бяньфур (bjanʹfur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fuɻʷ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bian³ fu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bianfu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn⁵³ fu²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: pin¹ fuk¹, bin¹ fuk¹, bin² fuk¹
    • Yale: pīn fūk, bīn fūk, bín fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ fuk⁷, bin¹ fuk⁷, bin² fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ fug¹, bin¹ fug¹, bin² fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/, /piːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/, /piːn³⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 蝙蝠 邊幅／边幅

Note: bin1 fuk1, bin2 fuk1 - rare.

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'bien³ fuh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈpiɛn²¹³⁻¹³ fuʔ⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiên-fuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: pien´ fug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pian¹ fug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en²⁴ fuk̚²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐng-bô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹ pɔ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: biēng-hók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ŋouʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián-hok
    • Tâi-lô: pián-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piefnhog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /piɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-hok
    • Tâi-lô: pian-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pienhog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pi foq (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵ fʊʔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pen  pɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	蝙	蝠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	布玄切	方六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pen/	/pɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pen/	/piuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛn/	/piuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛn/	/puwk̚/
Li Rong	/pen/	/piuk̚/
Wang Li	/pien/	/pĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pien/	/pi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin1	fuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*peːn  pɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝙	蝠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	725	3398
Phonetic component	扁	畐
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	邊	福
Old Chinese	/*peːn/	/*pɯɡ/

蝙蝠

Noun

蝙蝠

1. bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蝙蝠 (“bat (animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝠, 蝙蝠, 服翼 E, 飛鼠 E, 老鼠 E, 仙鼠 E, 蟙䘃 Northern Yan
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝙蝠
Taxonomic name		蝙蝠
Mandarin	Beijing	燕麼虎兒, 燕麼虎子, 燕麼虎, 蝙蝠兒
	Taiwan	蝙蝠
	Tianjin	燕巴虎兒, 簷老鼠
	Ulanhot	燕別咕
	Tongliao	燕別咕
	Chifeng	燕蝙虎
	Bayanhot	夜蝙蝠
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	燕別咕
	Harbin	燕別咕, 燕別蝠
	Shenyang	燕別蝠
	Yantai (Muping)	元寶戶兒
	Qingdao	蝙蝠兒
	Jinan	簷壁蝠子, 簷壁虎 suburban
	Luoyang	夜鱉胡
	Wanrong	夜蝙蟲
	Zhengzhou	鹽變呼
	Xi'an	夜標虎, 夜標虎兒
	Yinchuan	夜蝙蝠
	Lanzhou	夜蝙蝠
	Xining	夜百風
	Ürümqi	鴷蝙蝠
	Wuhan	簷老鼠, 簷鼠佬
	Huanggang	簷老鼠
	Chengdu	簷老鼠兒, 夜壁蝠兒, 蝙蝠
	Guiyang	夜老鼠, 鹽老鼠
	Kunming	夜壁蝠
	Guilin	老鼠
	Guanyang	人老鼠
	Pingle	飛鼠
	Liuzhou	飛鼠
	Luzhai	簷飛鼠
	Yangzhou	壁蝠子
	Nanjing	蝙蝠
	Hefei	壁蝠, 簷老鼠
	Nantong	偷油老鼠, 油老鼠
	Yanping	蝙蝠
	Singapore	蝙蝠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝠鼠, 飛鼠
	Hong Kong	蝙蝠, 蝠鼠, 飛鼠
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蝠鼠, 盲老鼠
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	飛鼠
	Macau	蝙蝠
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飛鼠
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	飛鼠
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Foshan	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飛鼠
	Foshan (Shunde)	蝠鼠
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飛鼠
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蝠鼠
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飛鼠
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飛鼠
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	飛鼠
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飛鼠
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飛鼠
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飛鼠
	Taishan	飛鼠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飛鼠
	Enping (Niujiang)	飛鼠
	Heshan (Yayao)	飛鼠
	Dongguan	蝠鼠, 飛鼠
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	麻洲鼠
	Shaoguan	飛鼠
	Yunfu	飛鼠
	Yangjiang	蝠鼠, 飛鼠
	Xinyi	飛鼠
	Lianjiang	飛鼠
	Nanning	飛鼠
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飛鼠
	Hepu (Shatian)	飛鼠
	Beihai	蝠鼠
	Beihai (Nankang)	飛鼠
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飛鼠
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	飛鼠
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	餿鼠
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	灰鼠
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蝠鼠
	Móng Cái	蝠鼠
Gan	Nanchang	簷老鼠, 蝙蝠
	Lichuan	簷老鼠
	Pingxiang	簷老鼠
	Guixi	皮皮老鼠
Hakka	Meixian	蝠婆仔
	Xingning	蝠婆哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	飛鼠
	Huidong (Daling)	蚊鼠
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蝠婆
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蝠婆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	飛鼠
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	蝠婆哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蝠婆哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	蝠婆哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	蝠婆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	飛鼠
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	飛鼠
	Conghua (Lütian)	飛鼠
	Changting	調簷老鼠
	Wuping	婢婆子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蝠婆子
	Liancheng	簷老鼠
	Ninghua	簷老鼠
	Yudu	琵琶老鼠
	Ruijin	簷老鼠
	Shicheng	簷老鼠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	琵琶老鼠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝙蝠, 蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝙蝠, 蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝙蝠, 蝠婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝙蝠, 蝠婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蝠婆
	Hong Kong	蝠婆, 蚊鼠
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	蝠婆
	Singkawang	蝠婆
Huizhou	Jixi	飛行老鼠, 天行老鼠
	Shexian	偷油燕, 偷油老鼠, 陌翼老鼠
	Tunxi	拉叭布翼
Jin	Taiyuan	夜壁蝠
	Xinzhou	夜蝙蝠
	Taibus (Baochang)	夜蝙蝠
	Linhe	夜蝙蝠兒
	Jining	夜蝙蝠
	Hohhot	夜蝙蝠兒
	Baotou	夜蝙蝠
	Dongsheng	夜蝙蝠兒
	Haibowan	夜蝙蝠兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	比婆, 蝙蝠
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	比婆
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	屄婆
	Pucheng (Shibei)	碑婆
Min Dong	Fuzhou	琵琶兜壁, 蝙蝠, 野燕
	Fuqing	蝙蝠
Min Nan	Xiamen	密婆, 日婆, 夜婆
	Quanzhou	日婆
	Jinjiang	日婆
	Yongchun	密婆
	Dehua	密婆
	Zhangzhou	密婆
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	密婆
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	密婆
	Zhao'an	蝶婆仔
	Taipei	日婆, 夜婆, 密婆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	密婆
	Kaohsiung	夜婆仔, 密婆
	Yilan	密婆, 夜婆
	Changhua (Lukang)	夜婆
	Taichung	日婆
	Taichung (Wuqi)	夜婆
	Tainan	夜婆, 密婆
	Taitung	夜婆
	Hsinchu	夜婆
	Kinmen	月婆, 密婆, 夜婆
	Penghu (Magong)	蝙蝠, 密婆
	Penang (Hokkien)	密婆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	密婆
	Manila (Hokkien)	蝙蝠, 日婆
	Longyan	密婆仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	飛鼠
	Chaozhou	密婆
	Shantou	蝠婆, 密婆
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蝠婆
	Jieyang	密婆
	Haifeng	密婆, 夜婆
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蝙蝠
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	密婆
	Pontianak (Teochew)	密婆
	Leizhou	飛鼠
	Wenchang	飛鼠, 蝠鼠
	Haikou	飛鼠, 佛鼠
Puxian Min	Putian	老歙
	Xianyou	廬鼠婆
Min Zhong	Yong'an	卑婆燕, 老鼠燕
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	飛鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飛鼠
Wu	Shanghai	蝙蝠
	Suzhou	蝙蝠子
	Wuxi	蝙蝠
	Danyang	蝙蝠, 蝙蝠蝠
	Hangzhou	蝙蝠, 蝙蝠兒
	Ningbo	蝙蝠老鼠, 蝙蝠
	Wenzhou	皮翼, 老鼠皮翼
	Jinhua	老鼠皮翼
Xiang	Changsha	簷老鼠
	Xiangtan	簷老鼠
	Loudi	簷老鼠
	Shuangfeng	簷老鼠
Note	E - east of Hangu Pass

Derived terms

蝙蝠人 蝙蝠扇 蝙蝠衫

紅蝙蝠／红蝙蝠 蝙蝠不自見，笑他梁上燕／蝙蝠不自见，笑他梁上燕 蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蝙蝠):

• → Japanese: 蝙蝠(へんぷく) (henpuku)
• → Korean: 편복(蝙蝠) (pyeonbok)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蝙	蝠
こうもり
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

/kapapori/ → /kafabori/ → /kawabori/ → /kaumori/ → /kɔːmori/ → /koːmori/

Alteration of kawahori,[1][2] or kawabori (see below).

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) こ​ーもり [kóꜜòmòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːmo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

蝙蝠(こうもり) • (kōmori) ^{←かうもり (kaumori)?}

1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
   • 1999 May 25, “バット [Bat]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:

     左(さ)右(ゆう)のハネに搭(とう)載(さい)された爆(ばく)弾(だん)を落(お)としてくるメカコウモリ。

     Sayū no hane ni tōsai sareta bakudan o otoshite kuru meka-kōmori.

     A mecha-bat that drops bombs from its two wings.

   Synonyms: 蚊食い鳥 (kakuidori), 天鼠 (tenso), バット (batto), 飛鼠 (hiso)

2. an opportunist
3. Short for 蝙蝠傘 (kōmori-gasa): a Western-style umbrella
4. Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kōmori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウモリ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蛾(ガ) (kōmoriga, “swift moth”, Endoclita excrescens)
• 蝙蝠(コウモリ)楓(カエデ) (kōmori kaede)
• 蝙蝠(こうもり)傘(がさ) (kōmori-gasa)
• 蝙蝠(コウモリ)葛(カズラ) (kōmori kazura)
• 蝙蝠(コウモリ)羊歯(シダ) (kōmori shida)
• 蝙蝠(コウモリ)草(ソウ) (kōmorisō)
• 蝙蝠(コウモリ)壁蝨(ダニ) (kōmori dani)
• 蝙蝠(こうもり)の翼(つばさ) (kōmori no tsubasa)
• 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蠅(バエ) (kōmoribae)
• 蝙蝠(こうもり)羽(ば)織(おり) (kōmori-baori)
• 蝙蝠(こうもり)半纏(ばんてん) (kōmori-banten)
• 油(アブラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (abura-kōmori), 家(イエ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (ie-kōmori)
• 荒(アラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (arakōmori)
• 魚食(ウオクイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (uokui kōmori)
• 兎(ウサギ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (usagi-kōmori)
• 馬面(ウマズラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (umazura kōmori)
• 大(オオ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (ōkōmori, “megabat, flying fox”)
• 大(オオ)葉(バコ)蝙蝠(ウモリ) (ōbako umori)
• 神楽(カグラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kagura kōmori)
• 蟹(カニ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kani-kōmori)
• 菊(キク)頭(ガシラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kikugashira kōmori)
• 頸(クビ)輪(ワ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kubiwa kōmori)
• 黒赤(クロアカ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kuroaka kōmori)
• 挿(サシ)尾蝙蝠(オコウモリ) (sashio kōmori)
• 皿持(サラモチ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (saramochi kōmori)
• 吸付(スイツキ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (suitsuki kōmori)
• 血(チ)吸(スイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (chisui kōmori), 吸(キュウ)血(ケツ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kyūketsu kōmori, “vampire bat”)
• 秩父(チチブ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (Chichibu kōmori)
• 天(テン)狗(グ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (tengu kōmori)
• 雛(ヒナ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hinakōmori)
• 豚(ブタ)鼻(バナ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (butabana kōmori, “Kitti's hog-nosed bat”)
• 篦(ヘラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hera kōmori)
• 頬髯(ホホヒゲ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hohohige kōmori), 頬髯(ホオヒゲ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hōhige kōmori, “whiskered bat”)
• マレーフルーツ蝙蝠(コウモリ) (Marē furūtsu kōmori)
• 溝(ミゾ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (mizo kōmori)
• 耳(ミミ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (mimikōmori)
• 股白(モモジロ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (momojiro kōmori)
• 山(ヤマ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (yama kōmori)
• 指長(ユビナガ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (yubinaga kōmori)

Proverbs

Proverbs

• 蝙蝠(こう)も鳥(りもとり)のうち (kōmori mo tori no uchi, “bats are also birds”)
• 鳥(とり)無(な)き里(さと)の蝙蝠(こうもり) (torinaki sato no kōmori, “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”, literally “bat in a birdless village”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蝙	蝠
かわほり
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

/kapapori/ → /kafafori/ → /kawahori/

First attested in the Honzō Wamyō (918 CE).

Ultimate derivation unclear, appears to be derived from a compound. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ho̞ɾʲi]

Noun

蝙蝠(かわほり) • (kawahori) ^{←かはほり (kafafori)?}
(alternative reading hiragana かわぼり, rōmaji kawabori, historical hiragana かはぼり)

1. (archaic) a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
2. Short for 蝙蝠扇 (kawahori-ōgi): a paper folding fan
3. Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kawahori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 蝙蝠(かわほり)扇(おうぎ) (kawahori-ōgi, “paper folding fan”)
• 蝙蝠(カワホリ)楓(カエデ) (kawahori kaede)
• 蝙蝠(カワホリ)羊歯(シダ) (kawahori shida)
• 蝙蝠(かわほり)羽(ば)織(おり) (kawahori-baori)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蝙	蝠
へん Hyōgaiji	ふく > ぷく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蝙蝠 (MC pen pɨuk̚).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) へんぷく [hèńpúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞mpɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蝙(へん)蝠(ぷく) • (henpuku) 

1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
蝙	蝠

Noun

蝙蝠 • (pyeonbok) (hangeul 편복)

1. Hanja form^? of 편복 (“bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)”).

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Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蝙蝠 (kōmori).

Noun

蝙蝠 (hiragana かーぶやー, rōmaji kābuyā)

1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)