赤狐

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	fox
simp. and trad. (赤狐)		赤	狐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìhú

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄏㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chìhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhhwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ xu³⁵/

Noun

赤狐

red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	狐
あか Grade: 1	きつね > ぎつね Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune reading for 狐 changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あかぎつね [àkágíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Noun

赤狐 (hiragana あかぎつね, katakana アカギツネ, rōmaji akagitsune)

a red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Hyponyms

ギンギツネ (gingitsune, “silver fox”)
キタキツネ (kitakitsune, “Vulpes vulpes schrencki”)
ホンドギツネ (hondogitsune, “Vulpes vulpes japonica”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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