七面鳥

Japanese
Kanji in this term
七 面 鳥
しち
Grade: 1		 めん
Grade: 3		 ちょう
Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

七 (shichi, “seven”) +‎ 面 (men, “face”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”)

Pronunciation

Noun

七(しち)面(めん)鳥(ちょう) • (shichimenchō) ←しちめんてう (sitimenteu)?

  1. a wild turkey
  2. (by extension) a turkey (bird)
    Synonyms: ターキー (tākī), カラクン (karakun), カラクン鳥 (karakun-chō)

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 シチメンチョウ.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →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

Korean
Hanja in this term
七面鳥

Noun

七面鳥 • (chilmyeonjo) (hangeul 칠면조)

  1. Hanja form? of 칠면조 (“turkey”).
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