菱食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菱	食
ひし Jinmeiyō	く(い) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 鴻(ひしくい) (hishikui)

Etymology

From 菱 (hishi, “water caltrop”) +‎ 食い (kui, stem of 食う (kuu, “to eat”)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひしくい [hìshíkúí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ひしく​い [hìshíkúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥ɕikɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

菱(ひし)食(くい) or 菱食(ヒシクイ) • (hishikui) ^{←ひしくひ (fisikufi) or ヒシクヒ (fisikufi)?}

1. a taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)