食蟻獣 in Japanese

IPA: [a̠ɾʲikɯ̟i] Forms: 食蟻獣 [canonical] (ruby: 食蟻獣(ありくい)), 食蟻獣 ^ [canonical] (ruby: 食蟻獣(アリクイ)), arikui [romanization], arikufi [romanization], ありくひ [hiragana, historical], アリクヒ [hiragana, historical], 食蟻獸 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: The kanji, a compound of 食 (kui, “eating”) + 蟻 (ari, “ant”) + 獣 (“beast”), are jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)) Etymology templates: {{com|ja|食|蟻|獣|sort=ありくい|t1=eating|t2=ant|t3=beast|tr1=kui|tr2=ari}} 食 (kui, “eating”) + 蟻 (ari, “ant”) + 獣 (“beast”), {{ja-r|熟%字%訓|じゅく%じ%くん|rom=-}} 熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん), {{sortkey|ja|食蟻獣}} ありくい, {{juku}} jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ありくい|アリクイ|hist1=ありくひ|hist2=アリクヒ}} 食蟻獣(ありくい) or 食蟻獣(アリクイ) • (arikui) ^(←ありくひ (arikufi) or アリクヒ (arikufi)?)

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"食蟻獣" meaning in Japanese

Noun