牝鹿
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 牝 | 鹿 |
| め Hyōgaiji |
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
- 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 hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Female animals
- ja:Cervids
- Japanese terms spelled with 牝 read as め