交喙

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いすか
Grade: 2 Hyōgaiji
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
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交喙 (isuka): a pair of red crossbills, showing the distinctively crossed bills.

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Derivative term 很し (isukashi, emotionally twisted up, obsolete) appears in the Nihon Shoki, completed in 720 CE.

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

Noun

交喙(いすか) or 交喙(イスカ) (isuka

  1. common crossbill, red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
    Hypernym: 花鶏 (atori)

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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