Japanese

Alternative forms

• 雉

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) キジ [kìjí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲid͡ʑi]

Noun

雉子 ‎(hiragana きじ, katakana キジ, romaji kiji)

1. green pheasant; Japanese pheasant

Etymology 2

Noun

雉子 ‎(hiragana きぎし, katakana キギシ, romaji kigishi)

1. (archaic) green pheasant; Japanese pheasant

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) キギス [kìgísú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡ̃isɯᵝ]

Noun

雉子 ‎(hiragana きぎす, katakana キギス, romaji kigisu)

1. (archaic) green pheasant; Japanese pheasant

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3