交喙

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
いすか
Grade: 2 Hyōgaiji
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
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交喙 (isuka): a pair of red crossbills, showing the distinctively crossed bills.

Etymology[edit]

From Old Japanese. Derivative term 很し (isukashi, emotionally twisted up, obsolete) appears in the Nihon Shoki, completed in 720 CE.[1]

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

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Noun[edit]

交喙(いすか) or 交喙(イスカ) (isuka

  1. common crossbill, red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
    Hypernym: 花鶏 (atori)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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