Translation
hokkyoku-gitsune means "Arctic Fox" in English.
hokkyoku-gitsune is normally written with katakana, as ホッキョクギツネ.
hokkyoku-gitsune written with hiragana is ほっきょくぎつね.
hokkyoku-gitsune written with hiragana is ほっきょくぎつね.
| Romaji | ho | kkyo | ku | gi | tsu | ne | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiragana | ほ | っ | きょ | く | ぎ | つ | ね |
| Katakana | ホ | ッ | キョ | ク | ギ | ツ | ネ |
| Kanji | 北 | 極 | 狐 | ||||
| Meaning | North | Pole | Fox | ||||
| School Level | 小２ | 小４ | ✕ | ||||
Orthography Notes
- きょ is a compound kana representing a single syllable with multiple characters.
- っきょ contains a small tsu っ which makes the consonant of the syllable longer.
- kitsune きつね becomes gitsune ぎつね in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.
- hokukyoku ほくきょく becomes hokkyoku ほっきょく in this word because of a change in pronunciation called sokuonbin.
Synonyms
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