also: カナリア
canary (esp. island canary, Serinus canaria)
Rare ateji spelling; the bird is normally called カナリア. This form may appear in older texts or wordplay.
See also: カナリア
金糸雀 is an ateji spelling for canary and is hardly used nowadays.
Rare ateji spelling for canary. The word is almost always written in katakana as カナリア.
Standard modern spelling for canary.
Ateji spelling for canary, using kanji for their phonetic values rather than meaning. The standard modern form is カナリア, from Portuguese canária or Spanish canaria.