雌鶏

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
雌	鶏
め > めん Grade: S	とり > どり Grade: S
irregular	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
雌鷄 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Perhaps from 雌鳥(めんどり) (mendori, “female bird”). See also 鶏(にわとり) (niwatori, “chicken”, literally “garden bird”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) めんどり [mèńdórí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ndo̞ɾʲi]

Noun edit

雌(めん)鶏(どり) • (mendori)

a hen (female chicken)

Derived terms edit

雌(めん)鳥(どり)歌(うた)えば家(いえ)滅(ほろ)ぶ (mendori utaeba ie horobu)

See also edit

雄(おん)鶏(どり) (ondori)

References edit

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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