菱食

From 菱(ひし) (hishi, “water caltrop”) + 食(く)い (kui, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 食(く)う (kū, “to eat”)).

• (Tokyo) ひしくい [hìshíkúí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ひしくい [hìshíkúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥ɕikɯ̟i]

菱(ひし)食(くい) or 菱食(ヒシクイ) • (hishikui) ^{←ひしくひ (fisikufi) or ヒシクヒ (fisikufi)?}

1. taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒシクイ (hishikui).

• “^▲菱食”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025