Chinese

Noun

白鳥

1. white-feathered bird, such as swan, heron, crane
2. Alternative term for 蚊子 (wénzi, “mosquito”).

Japanese

Etymology 1

白 ‎(haku, “white”) +‎ 鳥 ‎(chō, “bird”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) はくちょう [hàkúchóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̥ᵝt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

白鳥 ‎(hiragana はくちょう, katakana ハクチョウ, romaji hakuchō, historical hiragana はくてう)

1. swan^[3](waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)

Compounds

• 白鳥座 (はくちょうざ) ‎(hakuchōza, “Cygnus”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) しら​とり [shìráꜜtòrì] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1]
• (Tokyo) しらとり [shìrátórí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾ̠a̠to̞ɾi]

Noun

白鳥 ‎(hiragana しらとり, katakana シラトリ, romaji shiratori, alternative reading しろとり, katakana シロトリ, romaji shirotori)

1. white-feathered bird
2. swan (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)

Proper noun

白鳥 ‎(hiragana しらとり, romaji Shiratori)

1. A surname​.

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

白鳥 • ‎(baekjo) ‎(hangeul 백조)

1. Hanja form^? of 백조, “swan”.
2. white heron, compare 백로