赤狐

赤狐

1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

• 火狐 (huǒhú)

From 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune reading for 狐 changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) あかぎつね [àkágíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ɡʲit͡sɨne̞]

赤(あか)狐(ぎつね) or 赤狐(アカギツネ) • (akagitsune) 

1. a red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

• ギンギツネ (gingitsune, “silver fox”)
• キタキツネ (kitakitsune, “Vulpes vulpes schrencki”)
• ホンドギツネ (hondogitsune, “Vulpes vulpes japonica”)