信天翁
Chinese
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence |
day; sky; heaven | elderly person | ||
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simp. and trad. (信天翁) |
信 | 天 | 翁 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | ||
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信 | 天 | 翁 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 | Grade: S |
Irregular |
Compound of 阿呆 (ahō, “fool”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁). .
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 信天翁.
Pronunciation
Noun
信天翁 (hiragana あほうどり, katakana アホウドリ, rōmaji ahōdori, historical hiragana あはうどり, historical katakana アハウドリ)
- an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
- Synonym: アルバトロス (arubatorosu)
- Hypernym: 水薙鳥 (mizunagidori)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 信天翁羽蝨 (ahōdori hajirami)
- 黒足信天翁 (kuroashi ahōdori)
- 小信天翁 (koahōdori)
- 煤色信天翁 (susuiro ahōdori)
- 渡信天翁 (watari ahōdori)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | ||
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信 | 天 | 翁 |
しん Grade: 4 |
てん Grade: 1 |
おう Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Noun
信天翁 (hiragana しんてんおう, rōmaji shinten'ō, historical hiragana しんてんをう)
- (rare) an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
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