ひな・雛hina[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounyoung bird; chick; fledgling
   ムクドリのヒナを親鳥おやどりに返かえせますか。↗

   Can you return starling chicks to their parents?
2. nounhina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

• Synonym雛鳥ひなどりNeutralA chick or baby bird; more clearly a bird than 「雛」, which can also mean a Girls' Festival doll. Neutral in register.
• Antonym親おやNeutralMeans parents, including parent birds; the opposite of the young 「雛」, as in 「親鳥と雛」. Neutral in register.
• Antonym成鳥せいちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for an adult bird, the opposite of the young 「雛」; mostly used in ornithology.

Use 「雛」 for a newly hatched chick or for the Girls' Festival dolls, as in 「雛祭り」 and 「雛人形」. When you clearly mean a bird, say 「雛鳥」; its opposites are 「成鳥」 and 「親」.

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1. ひな、ひよこ。
2. ちいさい、かわいらしいという意味いみ。