うずらの卵たまご

Written forms

• うずらの卵たまご

  Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; the most common written form.

• ウズラの卵たまご

  Katakana spelling for うずら, sometimes used for emphasis or in menus.

• 鶉うずらの卵たまご

  Full kanji spelling; 鶉 is not a jōyō kanji and is rarely used in everyday writing.

• うずらの玉たま子ご

  Alternate spelling using 玉子 for 'egg', common in culinary contexts.

Etymology

Compound of うずら (quail) + の (possessive particle) + 卵 (egg). The word うずら is of native Japanese origin, and 卵 is a common Sino-Japanese word for egg.