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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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白 | 頭 | 鷲 |
はく Grade: 1 |
とう Grade: 2 |
わし Jinmeiyō |
kan'on | kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From 白頭 (hakutō, “white head”) + 鷲 (washi, “eagle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]白頭鷲 or 白頭鷲 • (hakutōwashi)
Usage notes
[edit]- Not to be confused with 禿鷲 (hagewashi, “Old World vulture”, literally “bald eagle”).
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 白 read as はく
- Japanese terms spelled with 頭 read as とう
- Japanese terms spelled with 鷲 read as わし
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Eagles