鼯鼠

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Chinese

Petaurista leucogenys rat; mouse
trad. (鼯鼠)
simp. #(鼯鼠)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (26)
Final () (23) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter ngu syoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋuo/ /ɕɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋuo/ /ɕiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋo/ /ɕiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɔ/ /ɕɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ŋo/ /ɕiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ŋu/ /ɕĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋuo/ /ɕi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ng4 syu2

Noun

鼯鼠

  1. flying squirrel

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
むささび
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
鼺鼠
 ムササビ on Japanese Wikipedia

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Pronunciation

Noun

鼯鼠(むささび) or 鼯鼠(ムササビ) (musasabi

  1. a Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ももんが
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 鼯鼠 – see the following entry.
モモンガももんが
a flying squirrel, especially the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga)
Alternative spellings
摸々具和, 野衾
(This term, 鼯鼠, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)