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コウノトリ (こうのとり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

コウノトリ

also: こう

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

stork; Oriental stork

usually written using kana alone

Refers to storks, especially the Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana). In Japan, it is a symbol of good luck and child delivery.

コウノトリが空そらを飛とんでいる。
A stork is flying in the sky.
コウノトリは赤あかちゃんを運はこんでくるという言い

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伝つた

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There is a legend that storks deliver babies.

Written forms

コウノトリUsage80%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is the most common written form; the word is usually written in kana.
鸛Usage6%
rarely-used kanji form
- こうのとり
- こう
  Rarely used kanji form; the reading こう is less common than こうのとり.
こうのとりUsage14%
Hiragana spelling, also common.
こう

Kanji

鸛Japanese stork

Etymology

The word こうのとり is of native Japanese origin. The kanji 鸛 is a Chinese character for stork, but its reading こう is rarely used. The exact derivation of こうのとり is uncertain.