Chidori
千鳥
ちどり
literallythousand birds
Written with the characters for thousand and bird, and named for the sound it makes. As an ordinary Japanese word, chidori is the name of a real bird: the plover.
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千
- 千せんthousand
- 三千さんぜん3000
- 四千よんせんfour thousand
- 千代ちよthousand years
- 千里せんり1000 ri
鳥
- 鳥とりbird
- 野鳥やちょうwild bird
- 鳥類ちょうるいbirds
- 白鳥はくちょうswan
- 渡り鳥わたりどりmigratory bird
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