木菟

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	菟
みみずく
Grade: 1	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
木兎 鵩 鶹 雈 鵂 角鴟 鴟鵂 耳木菟 耳木兎

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from 耳付く (literally “eared”), from 耳 (mimi, “ear”) +‎ 付く (tsuku, “to be attached with”), in reference to the hair that resembles ears on the head. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みみずく [mìmíꜜzùkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [mʲimʲizɨkɯ̟]

• (Tokyo) ずく [zúꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨkɯ̟]

Noun

木菟(みみずく) or 木菟(ミミズク) or 木菟(ずく) or 木菟(ズク) • (mimizuku or zuku) ^{←みみづく (mimiduku) or ミミヅク (mimiduku) or づく (duku) or ヅク (duku)?}

1. a horned owl

Derived terms

• 青(アオ)葉木菟(バズク) (aobazuku)
• 大(オオ)木(コノ)葉(ハ)木菟(ズク) (ōkonohazuku)
• 木(こ)の葉木菟(はずく) (konohazuku)
• 虎(トラ)斑(フ)木菟(ズク) (torafuzuku)
• 鷲木菟(ワシミミズク) (washimimizuku, “eagle owl”)