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啄木鳥

啄木鳥

See also: 啄木鸟

Chinese

to peck tree; wood bird
trad. (啄木鳥) 啄 木 鳥
simp. (啄木鸟) 啄 木 鸟

Noun

啄木鳥

  1. woodpecker

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of 木 ‎(ki, “tree, wood”) +‎ つつき ‎(tsutsuki, “pecking, poking, picking”).

Kanji in this term
啄 木 鳥
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1 Grade: 2
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) きつ​つき [kìtsúꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka - [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥t͡sɯᵝt͡sɯ̥ᵝkʲi]
  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) けらつ​つき [kèrátsúꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka - [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ɾ̠a̠t͡sɯᵝt͡sɯᵝkʲi]

Noun

啄木鳥 ‎(hiragana きつつき, katakana キツツキ, romaji kitsutsuki, alternative reading けらつつき, katakana ケラツツキ, romaji keratsutsuki)

  1. woodpecker

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

啄木鳥 ‎(hiragana たくぼくちょう, katakana タクボクチョウ, romaji takubokuchō, historical hiragana たくぼくてう)

  1. woodpecker

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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

Pronunciation

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