Chinese

Noun

赤狐

1. red fox, Vulpes vulpes

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 赤 ‎(aka, “red”) +‎ 狐 ‎(kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) あかぎ​つね [àkágíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ɡ̃it͡sɯ̃ᵝne̞]

Noun

赤狐 ‎(hiragana あかぎつね, katakana アカギツネ, romaji akagitsune)

1. red fox, Vulpes vulpes

References

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