赤狐

赤狐

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	fox
simp. and trad. (赤狐)		赤	狐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chìhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhhwu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ xu³⁵/

Noun

赤狐

1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	狐
あか Grade: 1	きつね > ぎつね Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune reading for 狐 changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あかぎ​つね [àkágíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Noun

赤狐 (hiragana あかぎつね, katakana アカギツネ, rōmaji akagitsune)

1. a red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Hyponyms

• ギンギツネ (gingitsune, “silver fox”)
• キタキツネ (kitakitsune, “Vulpes vulpes schrencki”)
• ホンドギツネ (hondogitsune, “Vulpes vulpes japonica”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN