蛇食鷲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛇	食	鷲
へび Grade: S	く(い) Grade: 2	わし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 蛇 (hebi, “snake”) +‎ 食い (kui, stem of 食う (kuu, “to eat”)) +‎ 鷲 (washi, “eagle”). Compare Chinese 蛇鷲 (literally “snake eagle”), Korean 뱀잡이수리 (baemjabisuri), Vietnamese diều ăn rắn (literally “snake-eating hawk”), English serpent eagle, snake eagle.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) へびくいわし [hèbíkúꜜìwàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [he̞bʲikɯ̟ᵝiɰᵝa̠ɕi]

Noun

蛇食鷲 (hiragana へびくいわし, katakana ヘビクイワシ, rōmaji hebikuiwashi, historical hiragana へびくひわし, historical katakana ヘビクヒワシ)

a secretary bird

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