頬白

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頬	白
ほお Hyōgaiji	しろ > じろ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

頬 (hō, “cheek”) +‎ 白 (shiro, “white”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほおじろ [hòójíró] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ho̞ːʑiɾo̞]

Noun

頬白 (hiragana ほおじろ, katakana ホオジロ, rōmaji hōjiro, historical hiragana ほほじろ)

a meadow bunting

See also

頬 (ホオ)白 (ジロ)鮫 (ザメ) (hōjirozame)

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