光苔
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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光 | 苔 |
ひかり Grade: 2 |
こけ > ごけ Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “light moss”, 光 (hikari, “light”) + 苔 (koke, “moss”). The koke changes to goke as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]光苔 or 光苔 • (hikarigoke)
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 光 read as ひかり
- Japanese terms spelled with 苔 read as こけ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Mosses