北極鯨
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 北 | 極 | 鯨 |
| ほく > ほっ Grade: 2 |
きょく Grade: 4 |
くじら Grade: S |
| on’yomi | ||
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 北極 (hokkyoku, “North Pole”) + 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
Noun[edit]
北極鯨 or 北極鯨 • (hokkyokukujira) ←ほくきよくくぢら (fokukyokukudira) or ホクキヨククヂラ (fokukyokukudira)?
- a bowhead
Usage notes[edit]
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ホッキョククジラ.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 北 read as ほく
- Japanese terms spelled with 極 read as きょく
- Japanese terms spelled with 鯨 read as くじら
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms historically spelled with ぢ
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- ja:Whales