Kanji 雉 Words: Meanings and Readings

きぎし

green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)

きじとら

brown tabby cat

こうらいきじ

common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

やけののきぎすよるのつる

parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)

はくち

Hakuchi era (650.2.15-654.10.?)

きじもなかずばうたれまい

avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one

きじかくし

Asparagus schoberioides

きじはた

red-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus akaara)

きじか

Phasianidae (pheasant family of birds)

きじぶえ

flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)

きじねこ

brown tabby

きじばと

Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

きじもく

Galliformes