General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. Korean glosses are only tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
The general name for 'pheasants' is キジ kiji (written 雉 or 雉子 in Chinese characters), which normally refers in its unmarked form to Phasianus colchicus, the Common Pheasant. The quails are known as ウズラ uzura (written 鶉).
Other names:
コジュケイ
(小綬鶏)
ko-jukei
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'small jukei' |
Chinese Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola thoracica) |
ジュケイ jukei is used in Japanese names for exotic tragopans. |
ヤマドリ
(山鳥)
yama-dori
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'mountain bird' |
Copper Pheasant |
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ライチョウ
(雷鳥)
raichō
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'thunder-bird' |
Ptarmigan or Grouse |
Applied more widely than the equivalent Chinese word 雷鸟 (雷鳥) léi-niǎo, which has been restricted in usage by the scientific classification. |
ニワトリ niwa-tori, literally 'garden bird', written 鶏, is the domesticated fowl or chicken. The meat of the domestic fowl is known as tori-niku, or 'bird meat'.
Although the word 绶鸡 (綬雞) shòu-jī is not found in Mainland China, the Japanese word jukei (綬鶏) is pretty clearly from Chinese. Chinese has the term 寿鸡 (壽雞) shòu-jī 'longevity fowl' (Cabot's Tragopan), written with different characters but pronounced the same. Interchangeability between these two characters in Chinese bird names is not unusual. Another alternative name for Cabot's tragopan is 吐绶鸟 (吐綬鳥) tǔ-shòu-niǎo and, interestingly, one name for the turkey in Chinese is 吐绶鸡 (吐綬雞) tǔ-shòu-jī.
In Japanese haiku, the Common pheasant 雉 kiji or きぎす kigisu, is a season word for spring.
Species names
| TETRAONINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
| Tetrastes |
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Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Tetrastes bonasia
Bonasa bonasia
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Hazel grouse
Gélinotte des bois
Haselhuhn
Рябчик |
エゾライチョウ
(蝦夷雷鳥)
ezo raichō
'Ezo (=Hokkaido) thunder-bird' |
エゾヤマドリ
(蝦夷山鳥)
ezo yama-dori
'Ezo (=Hokkaido) mountain-bird' |
花尾榛鸡
(花尾榛雞)
huā-wěi zhēn-jī
'flower-tailed hazel-fowl/chicken' |
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飞龙
(飛龍)
fēi lóng
'flying dragon'
榛鸡
(榛雞)
zhēn-jī
'hazel-fowl/chicken'
包日-苏衣尔
(包日-蘇衣爾)
bāorì sūyī'ěr
'dun soir' (northeast, from Mongolian Бор сойр) |
들꿩
deul-kkwong
'meadow pheasant' |
| Lagopus |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Lagopus muta
Lagopus mutus
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Rock ptarmigan
Lagopède alpin
Alpenschneehuhn
Куропатка тундряная |
ライチョウ
(雷鳥)
raichō
'thunder-bird' |
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岩雷鸟
(岩雷鳥)
yán léi-niǎo
'rock thunder-bird' |
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雪鸡
(雪雞)
xuě-jī
'snow-fowl' |
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| PERDICINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
| Coturnix |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Coturnix japonica
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Japanese quail
Caille du Japon
Japanwachtel
Японский перепел |
ウズラ
(鶉)
uzura
'quail' |
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鹌鹑
(鵪鶉)
ānchun
'quail' (, )
日本鹌鹑
(日本鵪鶉)
rìběn ānchun
'Japanese quail' (, ) |
(鹌鹑)
鵪鶉
ānchun
'quail' |
鹑
(鶉)
chún
'quail'
红面鹌鹑
(紅面鵪鶉)
hóng-miàn ānchun
'red-faced quail'
赤喉鹌鹑
(赤喉鵪鶉)
chì-hóu ānchun
'red-throated quail' |
메추라기
me-churagi
'mountain-quail' |
| Bambusicola |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Bambusicola thoracicus
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Chinese bamboo partridge
Chinese bamboo-partridge
Bambusicole de Chine
Graubrauen-Bambushuhn
Китайская бамбуковая куропатка |
コジュケイ
(小綬鶏)
ko-jukei
'small jukei'
(introduced) |
テッケイ
(竹鶏)
tekkei
'bamboo-bird'
タイワンコジュケイ
(台湾小綬鶏)
taiwan ko-jukei
'Taiwan small jukei'
(introduced) |
灰胸竹鸡
(灰胸竹雞)
huī xiōng zhú-jī
'grey-breasted bamboo-bird'
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(竹鸡)
竹雞
zhú-jī
'bamboo-bird' |
泥滑滑
(泥滑滑)
ní huá-huá
'mud slippery' (literal)
竹鹧鸪
(竹鷓鴣)
zhú zhègū
'bamboo partridge'
普通鹧鸪
(普通鷓鴣)
pǔtōng zhègū
'common partridge'
鸡头鹘
(雞頭鶻)
jī-tóu gǔ
'fowl/chicken-headed gu'
山菌子
(山菌子)
shān jùnzi
'mountain mushroom' |
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| PHASIANINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
KOREAN |
| Syrmaticus |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Syrmaticus soemmerringii
Phasianus soemmerringii
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Copper pheasant
Faisan scintillant
Kupferfasan
Японский длиннохвостый фазан |
ヤマドリ
(山鳥)
yama-dori
'mountain bird' |
ヤマキジ
(山雉)
yama-kiji
'mountain pheasant'
オヒキ
ohiki
'ohiki'
オナガ
(尾長)
o-naga
'long-tail'
トオヤマドリ
(遠山鳥)
tōyama-dori
'far mountain bird'
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铜长尾雉
(銅長尾雉)
tóng cháng-wěi-zhì
'copper long-tailed pheasant' |
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| Phasianus |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
Phasianus colchicus
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Common pheasant
Faisan de Colchide
Fasan
Фазан |
コウライキジ
(高麗雉)
kōrai kiji
'Korean pheasant'
(released species) |
クビワキジ
(首輪雉)
kubi-wa kiji
'neck-ringed pheasant' |
环颈雉
(環頸雉)
huán-jǐng zhì
'ring-necked pheasant' (, , )
雉鸡
(雉雞)
zhì-jī
'pheasant fowl' (, . Alternative in )
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(环颈雉)
環頸雉
huán-jǐng zhì
'ring-necked pheasant' |
雉
(雉)
zhì
'pheasant'
野鸡
(野雞)
yě-jī
'wild fowl/chicken'
山鸡
(山雞)
shān jī
'mountain fowl/chicken'
颈圈野鸡
(頸圈野雞)
jǐng-quān yě-jī
'neck-ringed wild fowl/chicken' |
꿩
kkwong
'pheasant' |
| Phasianus versicolor |
Green pheasant
Japanese pheasant
Faisan versicolore
Buntfasan
Японский фазан |
キジ
(雉, 雉子)
kiji
'pheasant' |
ニホンキジ
(日本雉)
nihon kiji
'Japanese pheasant'
キギシ
(雉, 雉子)
kigishi
'kigishi'
キギス
(雉, 雉子)
kigisu
'kigisu' |
绿雉
(綠雉)
lǜ zhì
'green pheasant' |
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