大白鳥
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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大 | 白 | 鳥 |
おお Grade: 1 |
はく Grade: 1 |
ちょう Grade: 2 |
Alternative forms edit
- 大鵠 (uncommon)
Etymology edit
/opopakuteu/ → /ofofakut͡ɕeu/ → /oːfakut͡ɕoː/ → /oːhakut͡ɕoː/
Compound of 大 (ō, “big”) + 白鳥 (hakuchō, “swan”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
大白鳥 or 大白鳥 • (ōhakuchō) ←おほはくてう (ofofakuteu) or オホハクテウ (ofofakuteu)?
Usage notes edit
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オオハクチョウ.
See also edit
- 白鳥 (hakuchō): a swan (in general)
- 小白鳥 (kohakuchō): Cygnus columbianus: a tundra swan, a whistling swan
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN