鴯鶓

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (鴯鶓)
simp. (鸸鹋)

Etymology

Borrowed from English emu. Borrowed via Cantonese.

Pronunciation


Noun

鴯鶓

  1. emu

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
みゅう
Hyōgai
irregular

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 鴯鶓鸸鹋 (érmiáo), Cantonese 鴯鶓鸸鹋 (ji4 miu4).

Noun

鴯鶓(エミュー) • (emyūエミウ (emiu)?

  1. obsolete spelling of エミュー (emyū, emu)