啼兎

See also: 啼兔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
啼	兎
な(き) Hyōgai	うさぎ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
啼兔鳴兎鳴兔

Etymology

啼 (naki, “to cry”, of animals) +‎ 兎 (usagi, “leporid”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なきうさぎ [nàkíúꜜsàgì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠kʲiɯ̟sa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

啼(なき)兎(うさぎ) or 啼兎(ナキウサギ) • (nakiusagi)

a pika

Synonyms

二十(ハツ)日(カ)兎(ウサギ) (hatsukausagi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN