朱嘴鸛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
朱	嘴	鸛
しゅ Grade: S	はし > ばし Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Etymology

From 朱 (shu, “vermilion”) +‎ 嘴 (hashi, “beak; bill”) +‎ 鸛 (kō, “stork”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅばしこー [shùbáshíꜜkòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨba̠ɕiko̞ː]

Noun

朱(しゅ)嘴(ばし)鸛(こう) or 朱嘴鸛(シュバシコウ) • (shubashikō) ^{←しゆばしこふ (syubasikofu) or シユバシコフ (syubasikofu)^?}

a white stork

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シュバシコウ (shubashikō).

References

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

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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