白熊
Chinese
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
bear; to scold; to rebuke | ||
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simp. and trad. (白熊) |
白 | 熊 | |
Literally: “white bear”. |
Etymology
Compare Japanese 白熊 (shirokuma), Korean 흰곰 (huin-gom), Vietnamese gấu trắng, all of which literally means “white bear”.
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 熊 |
しろ Grade: 1 |
くま Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
From 白 (shiro, “white”) + 熊 (kuma, “bear”).[1][2] Compare Chinese 白熊, Korean 흰곰 (huin-gom), Vietnamese gấu trắng, all of which literally mean “white bear”.
Noun
白熊 (hiragana しろくま, katakana シロクマ, rōmaji shirokuma)
- Synonym of 北極熊 (Hokkyokuguma, “polar bear”)
- 1990 June 15, Takahashi, Rumiko, “
PART .5秘 伝 書 を奪 え [PART.5 Snatching the Scroll of Secrets]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 72:- 日本の山中に…シロクマがいるか—————っ‼
- Nippon no sanchū ni… shirokuma ga iru ka—————'‼
- Why is there… a polar bear on a Japanese mountain⁉
- 日本の山中に…シロクマがいるか—————っ‼
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References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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