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General names

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The Japanese word for 'stork' is コウノトリ kō-no-tori, literally 'stork bird'. This is written with the single Chinese character 鸛. The name コウノトリ kō-no-tori is usually applied to the White Stork Ciconia ciconia (or C. boyciana, depending on the classification). Other types of stork are named コウ -kō, also written with the character 鸛, e.g. ナベコウ nabe-kō 'pot stork' (Ciconia nigra), written 鍋鸛.

The storks are sometimes known as コウヅル kō-zuru 'stork crane', written 鸛鶴.

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Ciconia
Ciconia nigra	Black stork Cigogne noire Schwarzstorch Черный аист	ナベコウ (鍋鸛) nabe-kō 'pot stork'		黑鹳 (黑鸛) hēi-guàn 'black stork'	黑鸛 hēi-guàn 'black stork'	锅鹳 (鍋鸛) guō-guàn 'pot stork' 乌鹳 (烏鸛) wū-guàn 'dark stork'	먹황새 meok-hwang-sae 'inky stork-bird'
Ciconia boyciana	Oriental white stork Oriental stork Cigogne orientale Schwarzschnabelstorch Дальневосточный аист, Черноклювый аист	コウノトリ (鸛) kō-no-tori 'stork bird' (Wikipedia)	ニホンコウノトリ (日本鸛) Nihon kōnotori 'Japanese stork'	东方白鹳 (東方白鸛) dōngfāng bái guàn 'Oriental white stork'	東方白鸛 dōngfāng bái guàn 'Oriental white stork'	鹳 (鸛) guàn 'stork' 老鹳 (老鸛) lǎo guàn 'old stork' 鹳雀 (鸛雀) guàn-què 'stork finch/sparrow' 灰鹤 (灰鶴) huī hè 'grey crane' (normally refers to Grus grus Common crane) 负釜 (負釜) fù-fǔ 'lose pot (literal translation)'	황새 hwang-sae 'stork-bird'

Ciconiidae / コウノトリ科 (Kō-no-tori-ka)

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