鴯鶓

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鴯鶓)		鴯	鶓
simp. (鸸鹋)		鸸	鹋

Etymology

Borrowed from English emu. Borrowed via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): érmiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ miu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: érmiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlmiau
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ miu⁴
  - Yale: yìh mìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ miu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ miu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ miːu̯²¹/

Noun

鴯鶓

emu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴯	鶓
え Hyōgaiji	みゅう Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

See エミュー.

The kanji spelling is very rare. The expected on'yomi might be nimyō or jibyō. The spelling instead appears to be a borrowing from modern Chinese 鴯鶓 (érmiáo).

Noun

鴯鶓 (katakana エミュー, rōmaji emyū)

(very rare) Alternative spelling of エミュー (“emu”).

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