飛鳥

See also: 飞鸟

Chinese
to fly bird; penis
trad. (飛鳥) 飛 鳥
simp. (飞鸟) 飞 鸟

Pronunciation

Noun

飛鳥

  1. flying birds; birds

Derived terms
  • 飛鳥使／飞鸟使
  • 飛鳥依人／飞鸟依人
  • 飛鳥盡，良弓藏／飞鸟尽，良弓藏
  • 鸚鵡能言，不離飛鳥／鹦鹉能言，不离飞鸟

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
飛 鳥
ひ
Grade: 4		 ちょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

/pʷi teu/ → /fit͡ɕeu/ → /hit͡ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 飛鳥 (MC pʉi teuX).

Pronunciation

Noun

飛鳥 (hiragana ひちょう, rōmaji hichō, historical hiragana ひてう)

  1. a flying bird
    Synonym: 飛禽 (hikin)
Proverbs
  • 飛 (ひ)鳥 (ちょう)尽 (つ)きて良 (りょう)弓 (きゅう)蔵 (かく)る (hichō tsukite ryōkyū kakuru)
  • 飛 (ひ)鳥 (ちょう)の摯 (う)つや其 (そ)の首 (くび)を俛 (ふ)す (hichō no utsu ya sono kubi o fusu)
  • 鸚 (おう)鵡 (む)よく言 (い)えども飛 (ひ)鳥 (ちょう)を離 (はな)れず (ōmu yoku iedomo hichō o hanarezu)
See also
  • 飛 (と)ぶ鳥 (とり) (tobu tori)

Proper noun

飛鳥 (hiragana ひちょう, rōmaji Hichō, historical hiragana ひてう)

  1. a surname
  2. a male or female given name

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
飛 鳥
と(ぶ)
Grade: 4		 とり
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Nominalization of 飛ぶ鳥 (tobu tori, “flying bird”).

Proper noun

飛鳥 (hiragana とぶとり, rōmaji Tobutori)

  1. a surname

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
飛 鳥
Grade: 4 Grade: 2
Irregular

From Old Japanese.

The kanji spelling is derived from the pillow word 飛ぶ鳥の (tobu tori no, “flying bird of...”), alluding to 明日香 (Asuka, a place name), both spellings were historically interchangeable.

Compare 春日 (Kasuga).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

飛鳥 (hiragana あすか, rōmaji Asuka)

  1. a place name, especially the name of a village in Nara Prefecture
  2. a surname
  3. a male or female given name
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)井 (い) (Asukai)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)川 (がわ) (Asuka-gawa)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)時代 (じだい) (Asuka jidai)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)大仏 (だいぶつ) (Asuka Daibutsu)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)寺 (でら) (Asuka-dera)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)鍋 (なべ) (Asuka nabe)
  • 飛鳥 (あすかの)京 (みやこ) (Asuka no Miyako)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)仏 (ぶつ) (Asuka butsu)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)文 (ぶん)化 (か) (Asuka bunka)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)部 (べ) (Asukabe)
  • 飛鳥 (あすか)山 (やま) (Asuka-yama)
  • 河内 (かわち)飛鳥 (あすか) (Kawachi-Asuka)
  • 近 (ちか)つ飛鳥 (あすか) (Chika-tsu-Asuka)
  • 遠 (とお)つ飛鳥 (あすか) (Tō-tsu-Asuka)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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