座頭鯨

Chinese

 
seat; base; stand
seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
head; (noun suffix) whale
trad. (座頭鯨)
simp. (座头鲸)

Pronunciation


Noun

座頭鯨

  1. humpback whale

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
とう
Grade: 2
くじら
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とーくじら [zàtóókúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠to̞ːkɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

()(とう)(くじら) or 座頭鯨(ザトウクジラ) • (zatōkujira) ざとうくぢら (zatoukudira) or ザトウクヂラ (zatoukudira)?

  1. a humpback whale

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 ザトウクジラ.

References

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