大鹿

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	deer
trad. (大鹿)		大	鹿
simp. #(大鹿)		大	鹿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ luk^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlù
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: dà-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahluh
    • Palladius: далу (dalu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ luk^6-2
    • Yale: daaih lúk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ luk^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lug^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大鹿

1. any kind of large deer
2. moose; elk

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

大鹿 (ōjika): a moose.

Kanji in this term
大	鹿
おお Grade: 1	しか > じか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

From 大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 鹿 (shika, “deer”). The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

• 麋

Noun

大(おお)鹿(じか) or 大鹿(オオジカ) • (ōjika) ^{←おほじか (ofozika)?}

1. Synonym of 箆鹿 (herajika, “moose; elk”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オオジカ. Not to be confused with 牡鹿 (ojika, “stag; buck”).

Proper noun

大(おお)鹿(じか) • (Ōjika) 

1. a district in Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	鹿
おお Grade: 1	しか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Compound of 大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 鹿 (shika, “deer”). Appears to be a variation on ōjika above.

Proper noun

大(おお)鹿(しか) • (Ōshika) 

1. A village in Nagano Prefecture
2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
大	鹿
だい Grade: 1	ろく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Probably coined in Japan from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese-derived components, as 大 (dai, “great”) +‎ 鹿 (roku, “stag, male deer”).

Noun

大(だい)鹿(ろく) • (dairoku) 

1. (shogi) the great stag, a piece in taikyoku shogi