始祖鳥

See also: 始祖鸟

Chinese
first ancestor; earliest ancestor; primogenitor bird; penis
trad. (始祖鳥) 始祖 鳥
simp. (始祖鸟) 始祖 鸟

Pronunciation

Noun

始祖鳥

  1. archeopteryx

Japanese
Kanji in this term
始 祖 鳥
し
Grade: 3		 そ
Grade: 5		 ちょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 始祖 (shiso, “progenitor”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”). Compare Chinese 始祖鳥 (literally “progenitor bird”), Korean 시조새 (sijosae, literally “progenitor bird”), and German Urvogel (literally “proto-bird”).

Pronunciation

Noun

始祖鳥 (hiragana しそちょう, rōmaji shisochō, historical hiragana しそてう)

  1. an archeopteryx

Korean
Hanja in this term
始祖鳥

Noun

始祖鳥 • (sijojo, McCune-Reischauer: sijojo, Yale: sīcoco) (hangeul 시조조)

  1. Hanja form? of 시조조 (“archeopteryx”).
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