General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Species list may not be current. 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. Although members of the Phasianidae, the ウズラ uzura (written 鶉) or 'quails' are not normally classed as キジ kiji.
Other names:
コジュケイ
ko-jukei
(小綬鶏) |
'small jukei' |
Bambusicola thoracica |
ジュケイ jukei is used in Japanese names for exotic tragopans |
ヤマドリ
yama-dori
(山鳥) |
'mountain bird' |
Copper pheasant |
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ライチョウ
raichō
(雷鳥) |
'thunder bird' |
Ptarmigan or grouse |
Applied more widely than the equivalent Chinese word 雷鸟 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. The meat of this bird is usually 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. There is 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 read shòu 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 |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
| Tetrastes |
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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
'Hokkaido thunder bird' |
エゾヤマドリ
(蝦夷山鳥)
Ezo yama-dori
'Hokkaido mountain bird' |
花尾榛鸡 (花尾榛雞）
huā-wěi zhēn-jī
'flower-tailed hazel fowl' |
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飞龙 (飛龍)
fēi lóng
'flying dragon'
榛鸡 (榛雞)
zhēn-jī
'hazel fowl'
包日-苏衣尔 (包日-蘇衣爾)
bāorì sūyī'ěr
'baor suyi'er' (northeast, from Mongolian) |
들꿩
deul-kkwong
'meadow pheasant' |
| Lagopus |
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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 |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
| Coturnix |
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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' (2, 4)
日本鹌鹑 (日本鵪鶉)
Rìběn ānchun
'Japanese quail' (3, 5) |
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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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 fowl'
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 fowl'
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竹雞
zhú-jī
'bamboo fowl' |
泥滑滑 (泥滑滑)
ní huá-huá
Literally, 'mud slippery'
竹鹧鸪 (竹鷓鴣)
zhú zhègū
'bamboo zhegu'
普通鹧鸪 (普通鷓鴣)
pǔtōng zhègū
'common zhegu'
鸡头鹘 (雞頭鶻)
jī-tóu gǔ
'fowl-headed gu'
山菌子
shān jùnzi
'mountain mushroom' |
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| PHASIANINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
JAPANESE |
CHINESE |
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Latin |
Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru |
Japanese |
Other J |
Chinese |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Other Ch |
Korean |
| Syrmaticus |
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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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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-ring pheasant' |
环颈雉 (環頸雉)
huán-jǐng zhì
'ring-necked pheasant' (1, 2, 4)
雉鸡 (雉雞)
zhì-jī
'pheasant fowl' (3, 5. Alternative in 1)
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環頸雉
huán-jǐng zhì
'ring-necked pheasant' |
雉
zhì
'pheasant'
野鸡 (野雞)
yě-jī
'wild fowl'
山鸡 (山雞)
shān jī
'mountain fowl'
颈圈野鸡 (頸圈野雞)
jǐng-quān yě-jī
'neck-ring wild fowl' |
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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