See also: 小鸟

Chinese

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
bird
trad. (小鳥)
simp. (小鸟)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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小鳥

  1. small bird; little bird
  2. (golf) birdie
  3. (childish) penis

Synonyms

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  • (small bird):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
とり
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (ko, small, little) +‎ (tori, bird).[1][2][3]

First attested in the Utsubo Monogatari of the late 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(とり) (kotori

  1. [from late 900s] small bird, little bird

Proper noun

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()(とり) (Kotori

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 小鳥”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 小鳥”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN