朱嘴鸛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
朱	嘴	鸛
しゅ Grade: S	はし > ばし Hyōgaiji	こう Hyōgaiji
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Etymology

From 朱 (shu, “vermilion”) +‎ 嘴 (hashi, “beak; bill”) +‎ 鸛 (kō, “stork”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅばしこー [shùbáshíꜜkòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨba̠ɕiko̞ː]

Noun

朱(しゅ)嘴(ばし)鸛(こう) or 朱嘴鸛(シュバシコウ) • (shubashikō) ^{←しゆばしこふ (syubasikofu) or シユバシコフ (syubasikofu)?}

1. a white stork

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シュバシコウ.