Word Meaning 山魚狗

やませみ yamasemi

山魚狗 is read as やませみ (yamasemi) and means crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris).

Meaning

English

crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

Reading

Kana

やませみ

Romaji

yamasemi

Writing Variants

山翡翠 やませみ yamasemi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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魚狗

かわせみ

beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

大山椒魚

おおさんしょううお

Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)

狗母魚

えそ

lizardfish (any fish of family Synodontidae)

青眼狗母魚

あおめえそ

Chlorophthalmus albatrossis (species of greeneye)

山道

さんどう

mountain road

山林

さんりん

mountains and forest

山

やま

festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)

山猫

やまねこ

wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.)

山脈

さんみゃく

mountain range

山葵

わさび

horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)

山川

さんせん

mountains and rivers

山陰

さんいん

mountain recess