禿鷹

See also: 秃鹰

Chinese
bald; blunt eagle; falcon; hawk
trad. (禿鷹) 禿 鷹
simp. (秃鹰) 秃 鹰

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 禿(はげ)鷹(たか) (hagetaka)

Pronunciation

Noun

禿鷹

  1. condor; bald eagle (Classifier: 隻／只)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
禿 鷹
はげ
Hyōgaiji		 たか
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) はげたか [hàgétáká] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ha̠ɡe̞ta̠ka̠]

    Noun

    禿(はげ)鷹(たか) or 禿鷹(ハゲタカ) • (hagetaka) 

    1. vulture, condor

    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 ハゲタカ.

    References
    1. 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
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