孔雀

くじゃく

Also written クジャク

Meanings

1. Noun peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

Kanji

• 孔 aperture. Read as ク.
• 雀 sparrow. Read as ジャク.

Example sentences

• クジャクは本当に目のさめるような美しい尾をしている。
  The peacock has a truly gorgeous tail.
• 孔雀だよ。いま鳴いたのは孔雀だよ。
  It's a peacock. It was a peacock that cried just now.

Words containing 孔雀

• 孔雀石 (くじゃくせき) malachite
• 孔雀明王 (くじゃくみょうおう) Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
• 珪孔雀石 (けいくじゃくせき) chrysocolla

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