雌鶏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雌 鶏
め > めん
Grade: S		 とり > どり
Grade: S
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
雌鷄 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Perhaps from 雌鳥(めんどり) (mendori, “female bird”). See also 鶏(にわとり) (niwatori, “chicken”, literally “garden bird”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) めんどり [mèńdórí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mẽ̞ndo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

雌(めん)鶏(どり) • (mendori) 

  1. a hen (female chicken)

Derived terms
  • 雌(めん)鳥(どり)歌(うた)えば家(いえ)滅(ほろ)ぶ (mendori utaeba ie horobu)

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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