啄木鳥

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See also: 啄木鸟

Chinese

to peck tree; wood bird
trad. (啄木鳥)
simp. (啄木鸟)

Pronunciation


Noun

啄木鳥

  1. woodpecker

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Sino-Xenic (啄木鳥):

Japanese

Etymology 1

From (ki, ke, wood) +‎ 突き (tsutsuki, stem of 突く (tsutsuku, to poke)). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1 Grade: 2
irregular
 キツツキ目 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

啄木鳥(きつつき) or 啄木鳥(キツツキ) or 啄木鳥(けらつつき) or 啄木鳥(ケラツツキ) (kitsutsuki or keratsutsuki

  1. a woodpecker

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たく
Jinmeiyō
ぼく
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Chinese 啄木鳥啄木鸟 (zhuómùniǎo).

Pronunciation

Noun

(たく)(ぼく)(ちょう) or 啄木鳥(タクボクチョウ) (takubokuchōたくぼくてう (takubokuteu)?

  1. a woodpecker

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN