Kanji details for 雉
雉
pheasant
KUN:
- きじkiji
ON:
- ジji
- チchi
Nanori:
- きki
Example words(showing 1-10 of 13 results)
noun
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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), Japanese pheasant(usually kana)
Other readings:
きじ《雉子》
、きぎす《雉》[1]
、きぎす《雉子》[1]
、きぎし《雉》[1]
、きぎし《雉子》[1]
、キジ
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
brown tabby cat(usually kana)
Other readings:
キジとら《キジ虎》
、きじとら《きじ虎》
、きじとら《雉虎》
、キジトラ
noun
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red-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus akaara), Hong Kong grouper(usually kana)
Other readings:
キジハタ
noun
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Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis), eastern turtle dove, rufous turtledove(usually kana)
Other readings:
キジバト
noun
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flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)(obscure)
expression
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avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one, there is safety in silence, the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries(proverb)