千鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	鳥
ち Grade: 1	とり > どり Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

鵆

Etymology

千 (chi, “thousand”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ちどり [chíꜜdòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕido̞ɾʲi]

Noun

千鳥 (hiragana ちどり, katakana チドリ, rōmaji chidori)

(literally) numerous birds
a plover

Proper noun

千鳥 (hiragana ちどり, rōmaji Chidori)

a place name

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