鳥葬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳥 葬
ちょう
Grade: 2 		そう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちょーそー [chòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

鳥(ちょう)葬(そう) • (chōsō) 

  1. a sky burial, that is, a type of funeral where the deceased person's corpse is abandoned to be consumed by birds of prey

References

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