白頭鷲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	頭	鷲
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	わし Jinmeiyō
kan’on		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 白頭 (hakutō, “white head”) +‎ 鷲 (washi, “eagle”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくとーわし [hàkútóꜜòwàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝto̞ːɰᵝa̠ɕi]

Noun

白(はく)頭(とう)鷲(わし) or 白頭鷲(ハクトウワシ) • (hakutōwashi)

a bald eagle

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 禿鷲 (hagewashi, “Old World vulture”, literally “bald eagle”).

References

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

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