蝙蝠

Chinese

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Etymology

An alliterative augmentation of 蝠 (OC *pɯɡ, “bat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːk (“bat”). Cognate with Mizo bâk (“bat”).

Pronunciation

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蝙蝠

Noun

蝙蝠

  1. bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)

Synonyms

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Derived terms
  • 夜蝙蝠
  • 燕蝙蝠 (yànbianfú)
  • 紅蝙蝠／红蝙蝠
  • 蝙蝠不自見，笑他樑上燕／蝙蝠不自见，笑他梁上燕
  • 蝙蝠人
  • 蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)
  • 蝙蝠子
  • 蝙蝠扇
  • 蝙蝠蝠
  • 蝙蝠衫
  • 鴷蝙蝠／䴕蝙蝠

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (蝙蝠):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 편복(蝙蝠) (pyeonbok)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠
こうもり
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

/kapapori/ → /kafabori/ → /kawabori/ → /kaumori/ → /kɔːmori/ → /koːmori/

Alteration of kawahori,[1][2] or kawabori (see below).

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Pronunciation

Noun

蝙蝠(こうもり) • (kōmori) ←かうもり (kaumori)?

  1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
    Synonyms: 蚊食い鳥 (kakuidori), 天鼠 (tenso), バット (batto), 飛鼠 (hiso)
    • 1999 May 25, “バット [Bat]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
      左(さ)右(ゆう)のハネに搭(とう)載(さい)された爆(ばく)弾(だん)を落(お)としてくるメカコウモリ。
      Sayū no hane ni tōsai sareta bakudan o otoshite kuru meka-kōmori.
      A mecha-bat that drops bombs from its two wings.
  2. an opportunist
  3. Short for 蝙蝠傘 (kōmori-gasa): a Western-style umbrella
  4. Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kōmori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウモリ.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蛾(ガ) (kōmoriga, “swift moth”, Endoclita excrescens)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)楓(カエデ) (kōmori kaede)
  • 蝙蝠(こうもり)傘(がさ) (kōmori-gasa)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)葛(カズラ) (kōmori kazura)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)羊歯(シダ) (kōmori shida)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)草(ソウ) (kōmorisō)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)壁蝨(ダニ) (kōmori dani)
  • 蝙蝠(こうもり)の翼(つばさ) (kōmori no tsubasa)
  • 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蠅(バエ) (kōmoribae)
  • 蝙蝠(こうもり)羽(ば)織(おり) (kōmori-baori)
  • 蝙蝠(こうもり)半纏(ばんてん) (kōmori-banten)
  • 油(アブラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (abura-kōmori), 家(イエ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (ie-kōmori)
  • 荒(アラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (arakōmori)
  • 魚食(ウオクイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (uokui kōmori)
  • 兎(ウサギ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (usagi-kōmori)
  • 馬面(ウマズラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (umazura kōmori)
  • 大(オオ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (ōkōmori, “megabat, flying fox”)
  • 大(オオ)葉(バコ)蝙蝠(ウモリ) (ōbako umori)
  • 神楽(カグラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kagura kōmori)
  • 蟹(カニ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kani-kōmori)
  • 菊(キク)頭(ガシラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kikugashira kōmori)
  • 頸(クビ)輪(ワ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kubiwa kōmori)
  • 黒赤(クロアカ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kuroaka kōmori)
  • 挿(サシ)尾蝙蝠(オコウモリ) (sashio kōmori)
  • 皿持(サラモチ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (saramochi kōmori)
  • 吸付(スイツキ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (suitsuki kōmori)
  • 血(チ)吸(スイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (chisui kōmori), 吸(キュウ)血(ケツ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kyūketsu kōmori, “vampire bat”)
  • 秩父(チチブ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (Chichibu kōmori)
  • 天(テン)狗(グ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (tengu kōmori)
  • 雛(ヒナ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hinakōmori)
  • 豚(ブタ)鼻(バナ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (butabana kōmori, “Kitti's hog-nosed bat”)
  • 篦(ヘラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hera kōmori)
  • 頬髯(ホホヒゲ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hohohige kōmori), 頬髯(ホオヒゲ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hōhige kōmori, “whiskered bat”)
  • マレーフルーツ蝙蝠(コウモリ) (Marē furūtsu kōmori)
  • 溝(ミゾ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (mizo kōmori)
  • 耳(ミミ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (mimikōmori)
  • 股白(モモジロ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (momojiro kōmori)
  • 山(ヤマ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (yama kōmori)
  • 指長(ユビナガ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (yubinaga kōmori)
Proverbs
Proverbs

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠
かわほり
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

/kapapori/ → /kafafori/ → /kawahori/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[4]

Ultimate derivation unclear, appears to be derived from a compound.

Likely from 皮, 革 (kawa, “leather, skin”) + an unknown component hori.

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ho̞ɾʲi]

Noun

蝙蝠(かわほり) • (kawahori) ←かはほり (kafafori)?
(alternative reading hiragana かわぼり, rōmaji kawabori, historical hiragana かはぼり)

  1. (archaic) a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
  2. Short for 蝙蝠扇 (kawahori-ōgi): a paper folding fan
  3. Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kawahori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠
へん
Hyōgaiji		 ふく > ぷく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蝙蝠 (MC pen pjuwk).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) へんぷく [hèńpúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [hẽ̞mpɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蝙(へん)蝠(ぷく) • (henpuku) 

  1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. “蝙蝠”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean
Hanja in this term
蝙蝠

Noun

蝙蝠 • (pyeonbok) (hangeul 편복)

  1. Hanja form? of 편복 (“bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)”).

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
蝙 蝠
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji

Etymology

Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

蝙蝠(かーぶやー) (kābuyā) 

  1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
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