鴯鶓

鴯鶓

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鴯鶓)		鴯	鶓
simp. (鸸鹋)		鸸	鹋

Etymology

Borrowed from English emu. Borrowed via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ miu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: érmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlmiau
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ miu⁴
    • Yale: yìh mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ miu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ miːu̯²¹/

Noun

鴯鶓

1. emu

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴯	鶓
え Hyōgaiji	みゅう Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

See エミュー.

The kanji spelling is very rare. The expected on'yomi might be nimyō or jibyō. The spelling instead appears to be a borrowing from modern Chinese 鴯鶓 (érmiáo).

Noun

鴯鶓 (katakana エミュー, rōmaji emyū)

1. (very rare) Alternative spelling of エミュー (“emu”).