アリクイ

Written forms

• アリクイUsage100%
  kana-only spelling

  Katakana spelling is the most common written form for this animal name.

• 蟻あり食くい

  Kanji spelling, rarely used.

• 蟻あり食くい

  Kanji spelling with okurigana, rarely used.

• 蟻あり喰くい
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rare kanji form using 喰.

• 蟻あり喰くい
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rare kanji form without okurigana.

• 食蟻獣ありくい
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rare kanji form, literally 'ant-eating beast'.

Etymology

Compound of 蟻 (ari, 'ant') and 食い (kui, 'eating'). The kanji spellings reflect this composition, but the word is now usually written in kana.