Chidori
千鳥
ちどり
literallythousand birds
Written with the characters for thousand and bird, and named for the sound it makes. As an ordinary Japanese word, chidori is the name of a real bird: the plover.
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千
- 一千いっせん1,000
- 何千なんぜんmany thousands
- 三千さんぜん3000
- 数千すうせんthousands
- 千島ちしまKurile Islands
鳥
- 小鳥ことりsmall bird
- 鳥居とりいtorii (Shinto shrine archway)
- 鳥類ちょうるいbirds
- 白鳥はくちょうswan (Cygnus spp.)
- 野鳥やちょうwild bird