麝香揚羽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麝	香	揚	羽
じゃ Hyōgai	こう Grade: 4	あげ Grade: S	は Grade: 2
goon		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
麝香鳳蝶

Etymology

Compound of 麝香(じゃこう) (jakō, “musk”) + 揚羽(あげは) (ageha, “swallowtail butterfly”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゃこーあげは [jàkóó áꜜgèhà] (Nakadaka – [4])^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠ko̞ː a̠ɡe̞ha̠]

Noun

麝(じゃ)香(こう)揚(あげ)羽(は) • (jakō ageha) ^{←じやかうあげは (zyakau agefa)^?}

Chinese windmill, Byasa alcinous

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ジャコウアゲハ (jakō ageha).

References

^ “麝香揚羽”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DDJS-1] “麝香揚羽”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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