"翡翠" meaning in Japanese

See 翡翠 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [çi̥sɨi], [çisɨi] Forms: 翡翠 [canonical] (ruby: (), (すい)), hisui [romanization]
Etymology: From Chinese 翡翠 (fěicuì). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zh|翡翠|sort=ひすい}} Chinese 翡翠 (fěicuì) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ひすい}} 翡(ひ)翠(すい) • (hisui)
  1. jade (gem) Derived forms: 翡翠色 (hisuīro) (ruby: (), 翠色(すいいろ))
    Sense id: en-翡翠-ja-noun-l4D26yBp Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Gems, Rocks Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Gems: 59 41 Disambiguation of Rocks: 57 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 翡翠 [canonical] (ruby: 翡翠(かわせみ)), kawasemi [romanization]
Etymology: The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 翡翠 (fěicuì). Etymology templates: {{juku|sort=かわせみ}} jukujikun (熟字訓), {{der|ja|zh|翡翠|sort=ひすい}} Chinese 翡翠 (fěicuì) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かわせみ}} 翡翠(かわせみ) • (kawasemi)
  1. Alternative spelling of 川蝉 (kawasemi, “common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 川蝉 (extra: kawasemi, “common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis”) Derived forms: 笑翡翠 (waraikawasemi) (ruby: 笑翡翠(ワライカワセミ))
    Sense id: en-翡翠-ja-noun-B-eIsuTd Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Kingfishers Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 27 23 5 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 31 23 3 39 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83 Disambiguation of Kingfishers: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 翡翠 meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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