朱嘴鸛

Japanese
Kanji in this term
朱 嘴 鸛
しゅ
Grade: S		 はし > ばし
Hyōgaiji		 こう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

From 朱 (shu, “vermilion”) +‎ 嘴 (hashi, “beak; bill”) +‎ 鸛 (kō, “stork”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しゅばし​こー [shùbáshíꜜkòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝba̠ɕiko̞ː]

Noun

朱(しゅ)嘴(ばし)鸛(こう) or 朱嘴鸛(シュバシコウ) • (shubashikō) ←しゆばしこふ (syubasikofu) or シユバシコフ (syubasikofu)?

  1. a white stork

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シュバシコウ.

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