啄木鳥

See also: 啄木鸟

Chinese

to peck tree; wood bird
trad. (啄木鳥)
simp. (啄木鸟)

Pronunciation


Noun

啄木鳥

  1. woodpecker

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (啄木鳥):
  • Japanese: (たく)(ぼく)(ちょう) (takubokuchō)
  • Korean: 탁목조(啄木鳥) (tangmokjo)

Japanese

Etymology 1

From (ki, ke, wood) + 突き (tsutsuki, stem of 突く (tsutsuku, to poke)). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1 Grade: 2
irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kìtsúꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥t͡sɨᵝt͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]
  • (Tokyo) つき [kèrátsúꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ɾa̠t͡sɨ̥ᵝt͡sɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

啄木鳥(きつつき) or 啄木鳥(キツツキ) or 啄木鳥(けらつつき) or 啄木鳥(ケラツツキ) • (kitsutsuki or keratsutsuki) 

  1. a woodpecker

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たく
Jinmeiyō
ぼく
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Chinese 啄木鳥啄木鸟 (zhuómùniǎo).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くぼくちょー [tàkúbókúchóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) くぼくちょー [tàkúbókúꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠kɯ̟ᵝbo̞kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

(たく)(ぼく)(ちょう) or 啄木鳥(タクボクチョウ) • (takubokuchō) たくぼくてう (takubokuteu)?

  1. a woodpecker

References

  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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