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八色鳥

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Chinese

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eight
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
bird
trad. (八色鳥)
simp. (八色鸟)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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八色鳥

  1. fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
いろ
Grade: 2
ちょう
Grade: 2
kun'yomi on'yomi
 ヤイロチョウ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Compound of 八色 (yairo, eight colours) +‎ (chō, bird).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(いろ)(ちょう) (yairochōやいろてう (yairoteu)?

  1. fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヤイロチョウ (yairochō).

References

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  1. ^ 八色鳥”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 八色鳥”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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八色鳥 (palsaekjo) (hangeul 팔색조)

  1. hanja form? of 팔색조