河馬
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See also: 河马
Chinese[edit]
river | horse; surname | ||
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trad. (河馬) | 河 | 馬 | |
simp. (河马) | 河 | 马 | |
anagram | 馬河/马河 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
河馬
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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河 | 馬 |
か Grade: 5 |
ば Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Dutch revierpaard, obsolete form of rivierpaard (literally “river horse”), attested in Doeff-Halma Dictionary mainly edited in 1816-1817 and published in 1833 ([1]).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Homophones: 樺, 蒲, カバ
Noun[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カバ.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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河 | 馬 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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河 | 馬 |
Noun[edit]
河馬
- chữ Hán form of hà mã (“hippopotamus”).
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