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蜂鳥

蜂鳥

See also: 蜂鸟

Chinese

bee; wasp bird
trad. (蜂鳥)
simp. (蜂鸟)

Noun

蜂鳥

  1. hummingbird

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はち
Grade: S
とり > どり
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (hachi, bee) + (tori, bird). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

蜂鳥 (hiragana はちどり, katakana ハチドリ, romaji hachidori)

  1. hummingbird

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9