猪鹿蝶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猪	鹿	蝶
いのしし > いの Jinmeiyō	しか Grade: 4	ちょう Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi		kan’on

Alternative spelling
猪鹿蝶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the first two syllables of 猪 (inoshishi, “wild boar”, the 種 (tane, “animal or ten-point card”) of the bush clover suit) +‎ 鹿 (shika, “deer”, animal card of the maple leaves suit) +‎ 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”, animal card of the peony suit).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いのしか​ちょー [ìnóshíkáꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ino̞ɕika̠t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

猪(いの)鹿(しか)蝶(ちょう) • (ino-shika-chō) ^{←ゐのしかてふ (wino-sika-tefu)?}

1. (card games) in 花合わせ (hana-awase, “games played with hanafuda cards”), a 出来役 (dekiyaku, “meld”) of the boar, deer, and butterfly cards; worth five points in こいこい (koi-koi)

See also

• 萩(はぎ)に猪(いのしし) (hagi ni inoshishi)
• 紅葉(もみじ)に鹿(しか) (momiji ni shika)
• 牡(ぼ)丹(たん)に蝶(ちょう) (botan ni chō)