鳥葬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳥	葬
ちょう Grade: 2	そう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょーそー [chòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

鳥(ちょう)葬(そう) • (chōsō) 

1. a sky burial, that is, a type of funeral where the deceased person's corpse is abandoned to be consumed by birds of prey