葦鹿

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
鹿
あし
Jinmeiyō
しか
Grade: 4
irregular
Alternative spelling
海驢

Etymology

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(あし) (ashi, common reed) + 鹿(しか) (shika, deer), roughly "a deer that lives where reeds grow". The sequence shishi was simplified to shi by haplology.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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葦鹿(あしか) or 葦鹿(アシカ) (ashika

  1. a sea lion