火の鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	鳥
ひ Grade: 1	とり Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 火 (hi, “fire”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çi no̞ to̞ɾʲi]

Noun

火(ひ)の鳥(とり) • (hi no tori) 

1. (mythology) a phoenix, more specifically as in Western mythology

Synonyms

• 不(ふ)死(し)鳥(ちょう) (fushichō, “undying bird”)
• 鳳(ほう)凰(おう) (hōō, “a phoenix, as in Eastern mythology”)
• 朱(す)雀(ざく) (suzaku, “red/vermilion bird”)
• フェニックス (fenikkusu, “phoenix as transcribed into katakana”)

See also

• Phoenix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia