鴯鶓

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鴯鶓)		鴯	鶓
simp. (鸸鹋)		鸸	鹋

Etymology

Borrowed from English emu. Borrowed via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ miu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: érmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érmiáo
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²-miao²
    • Yale: ér-myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlmiau
    • Palladius: эрмяо (ermjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ miu⁴
    • Yale: yìh mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ miːu̯²¹/

Noun

鴯鶓

1. emu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴯	鶓
え Hyōgaiji	みゅう Hyōgaiji
irregular

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 鴯鶓／鸸鹋 (érmiáo), Cantonese 鴯鶓／鸸鹋 (ji4 miu4).

Noun

鴯鶓(エミュー) • (emyū) ^{←エミウ (emiu)?}

1. Obsolete spelling of エミュー (emyū, “emu”).