飛鳥
See also: 飞鸟
Chinese
to fly | bird | ||
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trad. (飛鳥) | 飛 | 鳥 | |
simp. (飞鸟) | 飞 | 鸟 | |
alternative forms | 蜚鳥/蜚鸟 |
Pronunciation
Noun
飛鳥
- (flying) bird
Synonyms
- 飛禽/飞禽 (fēiqín)
Derived terms
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (飛鳥):
- → Japanese: 飛鳥 (hichō)
- → Korean: 비조(飛鳥) (bijo)
- → Vietnamese: phi điểu (飛鳥)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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飛 | 鳥 |
ひ Grade: 4 | ちょう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
/pʷi teu/ → /fit͡ɕeu/ → /hit͡ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese compound 飛鳥 (MC pʉi teuX).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひちょー [hìchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [çit͡ɕo̞ː]
Noun
飛鳥 • (hichō) ←ひてう (fiteu)?
- a flying bird
- Synonym: 飛禽 (hikin)
Proverbs
- 飛鳥尽きて良弓蔵る (hichō tsukite ryōkyū kakuru)
- 飛鳥の摯つや其の首を俛す (hichō no utsu ya sono kubi o fusu)
- 鸚鵡よく言えども飛鳥を離れず (ōmu yoku iedomo hichō o hanarezu)
See also
- 飛ぶ鳥 (tobu tori)
Proper noun
飛鳥 • (Hichō) ←ひてう (fiteu)?
- a surname
- a male or female given name
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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飛 | 鳥 |
と(ぶ) Grade: 4 | とり Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Nominalization of 飛ぶ鳥 (tobu tori, “flying bird”).
Proper noun
飛鳥 • (Tobutori)
- a surname
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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飛 | 鳥 |
あすか | |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 2 |
jukujikun |
From Old Japanese.
The kanji spelling is derived from the pillow word 飛ぶ鳥の (tobu tori no, “flying bird of...”), alluding to 明日香 (Asuka, a place name), both spellings were historically interchangeable.
Compare 春日 (Kasuga).
Alternative forms
- 明日香
Proper noun
飛鳥 • (Asuka)
- a place name, especially the name of a village in Nara Prefecture
- a surname
- a male or female given name
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 飛鳥井 (Asukai)
- 飛鳥川 (Asuka-gawa)
- 飛鳥時代 (Asuka jidai)
- 飛鳥大仏 (Asuka Daibutsu)
- 飛鳥寺 (Asuka-dera)
- 飛鳥鍋 (Asuka nabe)
- 飛鳥京 (Asuka no Miyako)
- 飛鳥仏 (Asuka butsu)
- 飛鳥文化 (Asuka bunka)
- 飛鳥部 (Asukabe)
- 飛鳥山 (Asuka-yama)
- 河内飛鳥 (Kawachi-Asuka)
- 近つ飛鳥 (Chika-tsu-Asuka)
- 遠つ飛鳥 (Tō-tsu-Asuka)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN