交喙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
交	喙
Grade: 2	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Derivative term 很し (isukashi, “emotionally twisted up”, obsolete) appears in the Nihon Shoki, completed in 720 CE.[1]

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) いすか [ìsúká] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA^(key): [isɨᵝka̠]

Alternative forms

鶍

Noun

交喙 (hiragana いすか, katakana イスカ, rōmaji isuka)

common crossbill, red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Hypernym: 花鶏 (atori)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as イスカ.

Derived terms

交喙 (いすか)継 (つぎ), 交喙 (いすか)継 (つ)ぎ (isuka-tsugi)

Idioms

交喙 (いすか)の嘴 (はし) (isuka no hashi)

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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