赤狐

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	fox
trad. (赤狐)		赤	狐
simp. #(赤狐)		赤	狐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhhú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-hu²
    • Yale: chr̀-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhhwu
    • Palladius: чиху (čixu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɻ̩⁵¹ xu³⁵/

Noun

赤狐

1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Synonyms

• 火狐 (huǒhú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	狐
あか Grade: 1	きつね > ぎつね Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune reading for 狐 changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ɡʲit͡sɨne̞]
• (Tokyo) あかぎつね [àkágíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [3])

Noun

赤(あか)狐(ぎつね) or 赤狐(アカギツネ) • (akagitsune) 

1. a red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Hyponyms

• ギンギツネ (gingitsune, “silver fox”)
• キタキツネ (kitakitsune, “Vulpes vulpes schrencki”)
• ホンドギツネ (hondogitsune, “Vulpes vulpes japonica”)