蝙蝠

Chinese
bat
trad. (蝙蝠) 蝙 蝠
simp. #(蝙蝠) 蝙 蝠
alternative forms 𧓧蝮 archaic

Etymology

An alliterative augmentation of 蝠 (OC *pɯɡ, “bat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːk (“bat”). Cognate with Mizo bâk (“bat”).

Pronunciation

Note: bin1 fuk1, bin2 fuk1 - rare.
Rime
Character 蝙 蝠
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 布玄切 方六切
Baxter pen pjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pen/ /pɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pen/ /piuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pɛn/ /piuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pɛn/ /puwk̚/
Li
Rong		 /pen/ /piuk̚/
Wang
Li		 /pien/ /pĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pien/ /pi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 biān fu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 bin1 fuk1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蝠
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjuwk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[p]ək/
English bat (Sagart, 2017)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝙 蝠
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 725 3398
Phonetic
component		 扁 畐
Rime
group		 元 職
Rime
subdivision		 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 邊 福
Old
Chinese		 /*peːn/ /*pɯɡ/
蝙蝠

Noun

蝙蝠

  1. bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蝙蝠 (“bat (animal)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蝠, 蝙蝠, 服翼 E, 飛鼠 E, 老鼠 E, 仙鼠 E, 蟙䘃 Northern Yan
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蝙蝠
Taxonomic name 蝙蝠
Mandarin Beijing 燕麼虎兒, 燕麼虎子, 燕麼虎, 夜末虎, 蝙蝠兒, 燕蝙蝠
Taiwan 蝙蝠
Tianjin 燕巴虎兒, 檐老鼠
Chengde 檐蝙虎兒
Tangshan 蝙蝠, 檐蝙蝠, 煙袋蝠
Cangzhou 檐巴虎兒
Baoding 元蝙虎兒
Shijiazhuang 檐蝙蝠
Ulanhot 燕別咕
Tongliao 燕別咕
Chifeng 蝙蝠, 燕蝙虎
Bayanhot 夜蝙蝠
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 夜蝙蝠, 燕別咕
Heihe 蝙蝠, 檐蝙蝠
Qiqihar 檐蝙蝠
Harbin 蝙蝠, 燕別咕, 燕別蝠
Jiamusi 燕別咕, 別咕
Baicheng 蝙蝠, 檐蝙蝠
Changchun 燕蝙蝠
Tonghua 燕蝙蝠
Shenyang 燕別蝠
Dandong 蝙蝠, 燕蝙蝠
Jinzhou 蝙蝠, 燕蝙蝠
Dalian 檐蝙虎兒
Yantai 檐蝙虎
Yantai (Muping) 元寶戶兒
Qingdao 蝙蝠兒
Lijin 檐壁虎兒
Zhucheng 檐蝙蝠子
Jinan 檐壁蝠子, 檐壁虎 suburban
Jining 眠眠虎子
Luoyang 夜鱉胡
Wanrong 夜蝙蟲
Shangqiu 蝙蝠, 眠眠虎
Yuanyang 蝙蝠, 檐蝙虎
Zhengzhou 檐蝙虎
Lingbao 夜蝙蝠
Xinyang 檐蝙蝠, 檐老鼠
Baihe 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠
Hanzhong 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠
Xi'an 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠, 夜標虎, 夜標虎兒
Baoji 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠
Yinchuan 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠
Tianshui 檐蝙蝠
Lanzhou 夜蝙蝠
Dunhuang 鴷蝙蝠
Xining 夜百風
Hami 蝙蝠
Ürümqi 鴷蝙蝠
Jimsar 鴷蝙蝠
Wuhan 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠, 檐鼠佬
Huanggang 檐老鼠
Yichang 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠
Xiangyang 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠
Tianmen 檐老鼠
Hong'an 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠
Chengdu 檐老鼠兒, 夜壁蝠兒, 蝙蝠
Nanchong 蝙蝠
Dazhou 檐老鼠兒
Hanyuan 檐老鼠
Xichang 蝙蝠
Zigong 檐老鼠兒
Chongqing 檐老鼠兒
Guiyang 夜老鼠, 鹽老鼠
Zunyi 蝙蝠兒, 夜老鼠
Bijie 夜壁鼠
Liping 檐老鼠
Zhaotong 夜壁虎, 夜老鼠
Dali 蝙蝠
Kunming 蝙蝠, 夜壁蝠
Mengzi 夜蝙蝠
Guilin 蝙蝠, 檐耗子, 老鼠
Guanyang 人老鼠
Pingle 飛鼠
Liuzhou 蝙蝠, 飛鼠
Luzhai 檐飛鼠
Nanning (Wuming) 飛鼠, 蝙蝠
Jishou 檐老鼠
Changde 檐鼠老
Anqing 檐老鼠
Xuzhou 檐蝙蝠兒, 檐蝙蝠子
Fuyang 檐老鼠
Yangzhou 壁蝠, 壁蝠子
Lianyungang 檐蝙蝠, 蝙蝠
Lianshui 檐蝙蝠子
Nanjing 蝙蝠
Hefei 蝙蝠, 壁蝠, 檐老鼠
Nantong 蝙蝠, 偷油老鼠, 油老鼠
Yanping 蝙蝠
Singapore 蝙蝠
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 夜別虎兒
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 夜別虎兒
Dagudi (Maliba) 蝙蝠
Reshuitang (Longling) 蝙蝠
Mae Salong (Lancang) 蝙蝠
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 蝙蝠
Cantonese Guangzhou 蝠鼠, 飛鼠
Hong Kong 蝙蝠, 蝠鼠, 飛鼠
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 蝠鼠, 盲老鼠
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 飛鼠
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 盲老鼠
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 蚊鼠
Macau 蝙蝠
Guangzhou (Panyu) 飛鼠, 蝠鼠
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 飛鼠
Guangzhou (Conghua) 飛鼠
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 飛鼠, 蝠鼠
Foshan 飛鼠, 蝠鼠
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 飛鼠
Foshan (Shunde) 蝠鼠
Foshan (Sanshui) 飛鼠
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蝠鼠
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 飛鼠
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 飛鼠
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 飛鼠
Zhuhai (Doumen) 飛鼠
Jiangmen (Baisha) 飛鼠
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 飛鼠
Taishan 飛鼠
Kaiping (Chikan) 飛鼠
Enping (Niujiang) 飛鼠
Heshan (Yayao) 飛鼠
Dongguan 蝠鼠, 飛鼠
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 麻洲鼠
Qingyuan 飛鼠
Fogang 飛鼠
Yingde (Hanguang) 飛鼠
Yangshan 飛鼠
Lianshan (Butian) 蝠鼠, 飛翔鼠
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 飛鼠
Shaoguan 飛鼠
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 飛鼠
Renhua 飛鼠
Lechang 飛鼠
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 飛鼠, 蝠鼠
Sihui 飛鼠
Guangning 飛鼠
Deqing 飛鼠, 蝠鼠
Huaiji 飛鼠
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蝠鼠, 飛鼠
Yunfu 飛鼠
Xinxing 飛鼠
Luoding 蝠鼠
Yunan (Pingtai) 屁鼠
Yangjiang 蝠鼠, 飛鼠
Xinyi 飛鼠
Maoming (Yangjiao) 飛鼠
Lianjiang 飛鼠
Nanning 飛鼠
Nanning (Tanka) 飛鼠
Wuzhou 飛鼠
Yulin 飛鼠
Hepu (Lianzhou) 飛鼠
Hepu (Shatian) 飛鼠
Guiping 飛鼠
Guiping (Mule) 飛鼠
Pingnan 飛鼠
Guigang (Pingdong) 飛鼠
Beihai 蝠鼠
Beihai (Nankang) 飛鼠
Beihai (Yingpan) 飛鼠
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 飛鼠
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 餿鼠
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 灰鼠
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 飛鼠, 蝠鼠
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蝠鼠
Móng Cái 蝠鼠
Bangkok (Guangfu) 蝠鼠
Betong (Rongxian) 蝙蝠
Gan Nanchang 檐老鼠, 蝙蝠
Pengze 檐老鼠
Lichuan 檐老鼠
Pingxiang 檐老鼠
Guixi 皮皮老鼠
Liuyang 檐老鼠
Jianning 檐老鼠
Hakka Meixian 蝠婆仔
Xingning 蝠婆哩
Dabu (Xihe) 蝠婆仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 飛鼠, 盲蚤鼠, 蝙蝠
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 飛鼠
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 飛鼠
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 飛鼠
Huidong (Daling) 蚊鼠
Dongguan (Qingxi) 蝠婆
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 飛鼠
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 飛鼠
Boluo (Bendihua) 飛鼠哎
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 蝠婆
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 蝠婆
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 蝠婆, 飛鼠
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 飛鼠
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 蝠婆哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 蝠婆哩, 夜摸哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 蝠婆哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 蝠婆
Heyuan (Bendihua) 蚊鼠
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 蚊鼠
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 飛鼠
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 蚊鼠哎
Lianping 蝠婆
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 飛鼠
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 蝠婆
Wengyuan 蝠婆子
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 蝠婆
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 飛鼠
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 飛鼠
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 蝠婆, 蚊鼠
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 飛鼠
Liannan 飛鼠
Conghua (Lütian) 飛鼠
Jiexi 蝠婆
Luhe 蝠婆
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 蝠婆
Changting 調檐老鼠
Yongding 蝠婆子
Yongding (Xiayang) 蝠婆子
Yongding (Gaobei) 蝠婆子
Yongding (Hukeng) 蝠婆
Wuping 蝠婆子
Wuping (Zhongshan) 蝠婆子
Wuping (Pingyu) 蝠婆子
Liancheng 檐老鼠
Liancheng (Peitian) 檐老鼠
Liancheng (Juxi) 夜老鼠
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 蝠婆
Ninghua 檐老鼠
Yudu 琵琶老鼠
Ningdu 檐老鼠
Ruijin 檐老鼠
Shicheng 檐老鼠
Shangyou (Shexi) 琵琶老鼠
Tonggu (Sandu) 檐老鼠
Ganzhou (Panlong) 琵琶老鼠
Dayu 琵琶老鼠
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蝠婆仔, 蝠婆
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 蝠婆
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 蝠婆
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 蝠婆仔
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 蝠婆仔
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 蝠婆仔
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 蝠婆仔
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 蝠婆
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 蝠婆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蝠婆仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 蝠婆
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 蝠婆仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 蝠婆仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蝙蝠, 蝠婆
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 蝙蝠, 蝠婆
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 蝠婆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蝠婆
Hong Kong 蝠婆, 蚊鼠
Yangxi (Tangkou) 飛鼠
Yangchun (Sanjia) 飛鼠
Xinyi (Sihe) 飛鼠
Xinyi (Qianpai) 蝠婆
Gaozhou (Xindong) 飛鼠
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 飛鼠
Huazhou (Xin'an) 飛鼠
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 飛鼠
Lianjiang (Qingping) 飛鼠
Mengshan (Xihe) 飛鼠
Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) 飛鼠
Luchuan 飛鼠
Luchuan (Daqiao) 飛鼠
Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) 飛鼠
Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) 蝠婆
Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) 密婆
Xingye (Gaofeng) 蝠婆蟲, 飛鼠
Rongxian (Xiandi) 飛鼠
Chengdu (Longtan) 檐老鼠
Chengdu (Shiling) 飛老鼠, 檐老鼠
Chengdu (Longwang) 飛老鼠, 檐老鼠
Chengdu (Shibantan) 飛老鼠, 檐老鼠
Chengdu (Hexingchang) 飛老鼠
Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) 飛老鼠
Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) 檐老鼠
Yilong (Ma'an) 檐老鼠
Xichang (Huanglianguan) 檐老鼠
Sabah (Longchuan) 蝠婆, 蝠婆仔
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 蝠婆
Senai (Huiyang) 蝠婆
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 蝠婆
Singkawang 蝠婆
Bangkok (Meixian) 蝠婆仔
Bangkok (Fengshun) 蝠婆
Bangkok (Jiexi) 蝠婆
Huizhou Jixi 飛行老鼠, 天行老鼠
Shexian 蝙蝠, 偷油燕, 偷油老鼠, 陌翼老鼠
Tunxi 老伯布翼
Xiuning 老伯飛兒, 老伯飛飛兒
Yixian 老鼠扁翼
Qimen 鹽老鼠兒
Wuyuan 老鼠蒲翼
Jin Taiyuan 夜壁蝠, 夜壁虎
Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) 夜壁蝠
Taiyuan (Jinyuan) 夜蝙蝠
Pingyao 夜蝙蝠
Yangyuan 夜蝙蝠
Datong 檐耗子
Xinzhou 夜蝙蝠
Lishi 蝙蝠, 夜壁虎
Linfen 夜飄葫蘆
Changzhi 夜蝙蝠
Taibus (Baochang) 夜蝙蝠
Linhe 夜蝙蝠兒
Jining 夜蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠兒
Hohhot 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠兒
Baotou 夜蝙蝠
Dongsheng 夜蝙蝠兒
Haibowan 夜蝙蝠兒
Erenhot 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠兒
Pingshan 夜蝙蝠
Zhangjiakou 夜蝙蝠
Handan 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠
Linzhou 蝙蝠
Suide 夜蝙蝠兒
Shenmu 夜蝙蝠兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 比婆, 蝙蝠
Jian'ou (Dikou) 比婆
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 屄婆
Wuyishan 琵婆
Pucheng (Shibei) 碑婆
Eastern Min Fuzhou 琵琶兜壁, 蝙蝠, 野燕
Fuqing 蝙蝠
Southern Min Xiamen 密婆, 日婆, 夜婆
Quanzhou 日婆, 蝙蝠
Jinjiang 日婆
Yongchun 密婆
Dehua 密婆
Zhangzhou 密婆
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 密婆
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 密婆
Zhao'an 蝶婆仔
Taipei 日婆, 夜婆, 密婆
New Taipei (Tamsui) 密婆
New Taipei (Sanxia) 密婆
New Taipei (Pingxi) 密婆
Kaohsiung 夜婆仔, 夜婆, 密婆
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 夜婆仔, 夜婆
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 夜婆仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 密婆仔
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 夜婆
Yilan 密婆, 夜婆
Yilan (Luodong) 密婆
Yilan (Toucheng) 密婆
Changhua (Lukang) 夜婆
Taichung 日婆
Taichung (Wuqi) 夜婆
Tainan 夜婆, 密婆
Tainan (Anping) 姨婆
Taitung 夜婆
Taitung (Green Island) 班爾折
Hsinchu 夜婆
Pingtung (Liuqiu) 夜婆
Kinmen 月婆, 密婆, 夜婆, 日婆
Penghu (Magong) 蝙蝠, 密婆
Penghu (Pengnan) 蝙蝠
Penghu (Xiyu) 夜婆, 蝙蝠
Penghu (Huxi) 密婆
Penghu (Wangan) 蝙蝠
Penghu (Cimei) 蝙蝠
Penghu (Zhongtun) 蝙蝠仔
Penghu (Houliao) 蝙蝠
Penghu (Tongliang) 蝙蝠
Penghu (Jibei) 蝙蝠
Penang (Hokkien) 密婆
Singapore (Hokkien) 密婆, 夜婆
Manila (Hokkien) 蝙蝠, 日婆
Longyan 密婆仔
Zhangping (Yongfu) 蝠婆仔
Datian 鼠母密婆
Shunchang (Pushang) 密婆
Pingnan (Shangdu) 飛鼠
Pingnan (Sijie) 密婆
Pingle (Zhoutang) 飛鼠
Lechang (Tatou) 飛鼠
Yingde (Yuzui) 飛鼠, 密婆
Yunan (Liantan) 密婆
Chaozhou 密婆
Raoping 脊婆
Shantou 蝠婆, 密婆, 蝙蝠
Shantou (Chenghai) 蝠婆
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 蝠婆
Jieyang 密婆
Puning 蝠婆
Haifeng 密婆, 夜婆
Bangkok (Teochew) 蝙蝠
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 密婆
Hat Yai (Teochew) 密婆
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 密婆
Pontianak (Teochew) 密婆
Leizhou 飛鼠
Maoming (Xiadong, Dianbai) 飛鼠
Wenchang 飛鼠, 蝠鼠
Haikou 飛鼠, 佛鼠
Puxian Min Putian 老歙
Putian (Donghai) 飛鼠
Xianyou 廬鼠婆
Fuding (Aoyao) 壁婆
Central Min Yong'an 卑婆燕, 老鼠燕
Sanyuan 琵婆檐
Shaxian 琵婆
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 琵琶老鼠
Guangze 琵琶老鼠
Jiangle 檐腹老鼠
Mingxi 檐皮婆
Shunchang 琵琶燕
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 飛鼠
Sanxiang 目蠓婆, 悲婆
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 飛鼠
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 夜鷂子
Wu Shanghai 蝙蝠
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 蝙蝠子
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 蝙蝠
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 蝙蝠
Shanghai (Songjiang) 蝙蝠
Suzhou 蝙蝠子
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 蝙蝠
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 蝙蝠
Wuxi 蝙蝠
Changshu 蝙蝠
Kunshan 蝙蝠
Jiaxing 蝙蝠
Changzhou 偷油老鼠
Liyang 蝙蝠, 蝙蝠子
Jintan 蝙蝠子, 蝙蝠
Yixing 蝙蝠子
Danyang 蝙蝠, 蝙蝠蝠
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) 蝙蝠蝠
Jingjiang 蝙蝠子
Jiangyin 蝙蝠, 蝙蝠子
Huzhou (Shuanglin) 蝙蝠
Hangzhou 蝙蝠, 蝙蝠兒
Shaoxing 蝙蝠
Zhuji (Wangjiajing) 蝙蝠
Shengzhou (Chongren) 蝙蝠
Ningbo 蝙蝠老鼠, 蝙蝠
Yuyao 蝙蝠
Huangyan 蝙蝠, 夜遊烏
Wenzhou 皮翼, 老鼠皮翼
Quzhou 蝙蝠
Jinhua 老鼠皮翼
Yongkang 皮翼
Xiang Changsha 檐老鼠
Xiangtan 檐老鼠
Loudi 檐老鼠
Shuangfeng 檐老鼠
Quanzhou 檐老鼠
Note E - east of Hangu Pass

Derived terms
  • 夜蝙蝠
  • 燕蝙蝠 (yànbianfú)
  • 紅蝙蝠／红蝙蝠
  • 蝙蝠不自見，笑他樑上燕／蝙蝠不自见，笑他梁上燕
  • 蝙蝠人
  • 蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)
  • 蝙蝠子
  • 蝙蝠扇
  • 蝙蝠蝠
  • 蝙蝠衫
  • 鴷蝙蝠／䴕蝙蝠

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (蝙蝠):
  • → Japanese: 蝙蝠(へんぷく) (henpuku)
  • → Korean: 편복(蝙蝠) (pyeonbok)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠
こうもり
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

/kapapori/ → /kafabori/ → /kawabori/ → /kaumori/ → /kɔːmori/ → /koːmori/

Alteration of kawahori,[1][2] or kawabori (see below).

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.

Pronunciation

Noun

蝙蝠(こうもり) or 蝙蝠(コウモリ) • (kōmori) ←かうもり (kaumori)?

  1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
    Synonyms: 蚊食い鳥 (kakuidori), 天鼠 (tenso), バット (batto), 飛鼠 (hiso)
    • 1999 May 25, “バット [Bat]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
      左(さ)右(ゆう)のハネに搭(とう)載(さい)された爆(ばく)弾(だん)を落(お)としてくるメカコウモリ。
      Sayū no hane ni tōsai sareta bakudan o otoshite kuru meka-kōmori.
      A mecha-bat that drops bombs from its two wings.
  2. an opportunist
  3. Short for 蝙蝠傘 (kōmori-gasa): a Western-style umbrella
  4. Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kōmori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat
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 コウモリ.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蛾(ガ) (kōmoriga, “swift moth”, Endoclita excrescens)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)楓(カエデ) (kōmori kaede)
  • 蝙蝠(こうもり)傘(がさ) (kōmori-gasa)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)葛(カズラ) (kōmori kazura)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)羊歯(シダ) (kōmori shida)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)草(ソウ) (kōmorisō)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)壁蝨(ダニ) (kōmori dani)
  • 蝙蝠(こうもり)の翼(つばさ) (kōmori no tsubasa)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蠅(バエ) (kōmoribae)
  • 蝙蝠(こうもり)羽(ば)織(おり) (kōmori-baori)
  • 蝙蝠(こうもり)半纏(ばんてん) (kōmori-banten)
  • 油(アブラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (abura-kōmori), 家(イエ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (ie-kōmori)
  • 荒(アラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (arakōmori)
  • 魚食(ウオクイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (uokui kōmori)
  • 兎(ウサギ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (usagi-kōmori)
  • 馬面(ウマズラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (umazura kōmori)
  • 大(オオ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (ōkōmori, “megabat, flying fox”)
  • 大(オオ)葉(バコ)蝙蝠(ウモリ) (ōbako umori)
  • 神楽(カグラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kagura kōmori)
  • 蟹(カニ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kani-kōmori)
  • 菊(キク)頭(ガシラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kikugashira kōmori)
  • 頸(クビ)輪(ワ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kubiwa kōmori)
  • 黒赤(クロアカ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kuroaka kōmori)
  • 挿(サシ)尾蝙蝠(オコウモリ) (sashio kōmori)
  • 皿持(サラモチ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (saramochi kōmori)
  • 吸付(スイツキ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (suitsuki kōmori)
  • 血(チ)吸(スイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (chisui kōmori), 吸(キュウ)血(ケツ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kyūketsu kōmori, “vampire bat”)
  • 秩父(チチブ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (Chichibu kōmori)
  • 天(テン)狗(グ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (tengu kōmori)
  • 雛(ヒナ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hinakōmori)
  • 豚(ブタ)鼻(バナ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (butabana kōmori, “Kitti's hog-nosed bat”)
  • 篦(ヘラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hera kōmori)
  • 頬髯(ホホヒゲ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hohohige kōmori), 頬髯(ホオヒゲ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hōhige kōmori, “whiskered bat”)
  • マレーフルーツ蝙蝠(コウモリ) (Marē furūtsu kōmori)
  • 溝(ミゾ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (mizo kōmori)
  • 耳(ミミ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (mimikōmori)
  • 股白(モモジロ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (momojiro kōmori)
  • 山(ヤマ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (yama kōmori)
  • 指長(ユビナガ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (yubinaga kōmori)
Proverbs
Proverbs

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠
かわほり
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

/kapapori/ → /kafafori/ → /kawahori/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[4]

Ultimate derivation unclear, appears to be derived from a compound.

Likely from 皮, 革 (kawa, “leather, skin”) + an unknown component hori.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ho̞ɾʲi]

Noun

蝙蝠(かわほり) • (kawahori) ←かはほり (kafafori)?
(alternative reading hiragana かわぼり, rōmaji kawabori, historical hiragana かはぼり)

  1. (archaic) a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
  2. Short for 蝙蝠扇 (kawahori-ōgi): a paper folding fan
  3. Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kawahori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠
へん
Hyōgaiji		 ふく > ぷく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蝙蝠 (MC pen pjuwk).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) へんぷく [hèńpúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [hẽ̞mpɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蝙(へん)蝠(ぷく) • (henpuku) 

  1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 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
  4. “蝙蝠”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean
Hanja in this term
蝙蝠

Noun

蝙蝠 • (pyeonbok) (hangeul 편복)

  1. Hanja form? of 편복 (“bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)”).

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蝙蝠 (kōmori).

Noun

蝙蝠(かーぶやー) (kābuyā) 

  1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
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