北極鯨
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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北 | 極 | 鯨 |
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2 |
きょく Grade: 4 |
くじら Grade: S |
on'yomi |
Etymology
editCompound of 北極 (hokkyoku, “North Pole”) + 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
Noun
edit北極鯨 or 北極鯨 • (hokkyokukujira) ←ほくきよくくぢら (fokukyokukudira) or ホクキヨククヂラ (fokukyokukudira)?
- a bowhead
Usage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ホッキョククジラ.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 北 read as ほく
- Japanese terms spelled with 極 read as きょく
- Japanese terms spelled with 鯨 read as くじら
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms historically spelled with ぢ
- Japanese terms historically spelled with ヂ
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Whales