信天翁

Chinese

 
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
day; sky; heaven elderly person
simp. and trad.
(信天翁)

Etymology

Pronunciation


Noun

信天翁 (classifier (zhī))

  1. albatross (seabird)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: 1 Grade: S
Irregular

Compound of 阿呆 (あほう) (ahō, fool) +  (とり) (tori, bird). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁). .

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 信天翁.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ーどり [àhóꜜòdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
    • IPA(key): [a̠ho̞ːdo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

信天翁 (hiragana あほうどり, katakana アホウドリ, rōmaji ahōdori, historical hiragana あはうどり, historical katakana アハウドリ)

  1. an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
    Synonym: アルバトロス (arubatorosu)
    Hypernym: 水薙鳥 (mizunagidori)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 4
てん
Grade: 1
おう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Possibly a borrowing from Mandarin 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Compare Min Nan 信天翁 (sìn-thian-ong)

Noun

信天翁 (hiragana しんてんおう, rōmaji shinten'ō, historical hiragana しんてんをう)

  1. (rare) an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

信天翁 (sincheonong) (hangeul 신천옹)

  1. Hanja form? of 신천옹 (albatross).
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