白鳥

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See also: 白鸟

Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
bird
trad. (白鳥)
simp. (白鸟)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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白鳥

  1. white-feathered bird, such as swan, heron, crane
  2. Alternative name for 蚊子 (wénzi, “mosquito”).

Japanese

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 白鳥 (曖昧さ回避) on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
 ハクチョウ on Japanese Wikipedia

(haku, white) +‎ (chō, bird)

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Noun

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(はく)(ちょう) or 白鳥(ハクチョウ) (hakuchōはくてう (fakuteu) or ハクテウ (fakuteu)?

  1. a swan[3] (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
しろ
Grade: 1
とり
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1
とり
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

(shira, shiro, white) +‎ (tori, bird)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しら)(とり) or (しろ)(とり) (shiratori or shirotori

  1. (literal) a white-feathered bird
  2. a swan (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)

Proper noun

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(しら)(とり) (Shiratori

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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白鳥 (baekjo) (hangeul 백조)

  1. hanja form? of 백조 (swan)