火の鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	鳥
ひ Grade: 1	とり Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 火 (hi, “fire”) +‎ の (no, “possessive particle”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”).

Noun

火の鳥 (hiragana ひのとり, rōmaji hi no tori)

(mythology) a phoenix, more specifically as in Western mythology

Synonyms

不 (ふ)死 (し)鳥 (ちょう) (fushichō): "undying bird"
鳳 (ほう)凰 (おう) (hōō): a phoenix, as in Eastern mythology
朱 (す)雀 (ざく) (suzaku): "red/vermilion bird"
フェニックス (fenikkusu): phoenix as transcribed into katakana

See also

Phoenix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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