牝鹿
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 牝 | 鹿 |
| め Hyōgai |
しか > じか Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 雌鹿 |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 牝 (me, “female”) + 鹿 (shika, “deer”). The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) めじか [méꜜjìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- (Tokyo) めじか [mèjíká] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [me̞ʑika̠]
Noun
[edit]- a doe (female deer)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 牝 read as め
- Japanese terms spelled with 鹿 read as しか
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Female animals
- ja:Cervids