赤狐
Chinese edit
red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked |
fox | ||
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trad. (赤狐) | 赤 | 狐 | |
simp. #(赤狐) | 赤 | 狐 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
赤狐
- red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Classifier: 隻/只 m)
Synonyms edit
- 火狐 (huǒhú)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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赤 | 狐 |
あか Grade: 1 |
きつね > ぎつね Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From 赤 (aka, “red”) + 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune reading for 狐 changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
赤狐 or 赤狐 • (akagitsune)
- a red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Hyponyms edit
- 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”)