朱嘴鸛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
朱	嘴	鸛
しゅ Grade: S	はし > ばし Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi	kun'yomi

 シュバシコウ on Japanese Wikipedia

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): [ɕɨba̠ɕiko̞ː]

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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN