禿鷹

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See also: 秃鹰

Chinese

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bald; blunt eagle; falcon; hawk
trad. (禿鷹) 禿
simp. (秃鹰)

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 禿(はげ)(たか) (hagetaka)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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禿鷹

  1. vulture (Classifier: )

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
禿
はげ
Hyōgai
たか
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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禿(はげ)(たか) or 禿鷹(ハゲタカ) (hagetaka

  1. vulture, condor

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 ハゲタカ.

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