赤狐
Chinese
red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked |
fox | ||
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trad. (赤狐) | 赤 | 狐 | |
simp. #(赤狐) | 赤 | 狐 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- 火狐 (huǒhú)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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赤 | 狐 |
あか Grade: 1 |
きつね > ぎつね Hyōgaiji |
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).
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”)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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