bat | |||
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trad. (蝙蝠) | 蝙 | 蝠 | |
simp. #(蝙蝠) | 蝙 | 蝠 | |
alternative forms | 𧓧蝮 archaic |
An alliterative augmentation of 蝠 (OC *pɯɡ, “bat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːk (“bat”). Cognate with Mizo bâk (“bat”).
蝙蝠 邊幅/边幅 |
篇幅 蝙蝠 |
蝙蝠
Kanji in this term | |
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蝙 | 蝠 |
こうもり | |
Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
jukujikun |
/kapapori/ → /kafabori/ → /kawabori/ → /kaumori/ → /kɔːmori/ → /koːmori/
Alteration of kawahori,[1][2] or kawabori (see below).
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.
蝙蝠 or 蝙蝠 • (kōmori) ←かうもり (kaumori)?
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウモリ.
Kanji in this term | |
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蝙 | 蝠 |
かわほり | |
Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
jukujikun |
/kapapori/ → /kafafori/ → /kawahori/
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[4]
Ultimate derivation unclear, appears to be derived from a compound.
Likely from 皮, 革 (kawa, “leather, skin”) + an unknown component hori.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.
蝙蝠 • (kawahori) ←かはほり (kafafori)?
(alternative reading hiragana かわぼり, rōmaji kawabori, historical hiragana かはぼり)
Kanji in this term | |
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蝙 | 蝠 |
へん Hyōgai |
ふく > ぷく Hyōgai |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 蝙蝠 (MC pen pjuwk).
Hanja in this term | |
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蝙 | 蝠 |
Kanji in this term | |
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蝙 | 蝠 |
Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
Cognate with Japanese 蝙蝠 (kōmori).
蝙蝠 (kābuyā)