馴鹿

See also: 驯鹿

Chinese

		attain gradually; tame	deer
trad. (馴鹿)		馴	鹿
simp. (驯鹿)		驯	鹿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùnlù, xúnlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ, ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁴ luk^6-2 / seon⁴ luk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùnlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùnlù
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: syùn-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunnluh
    • Palladius: сюньлу (sjunʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnlù
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-lu⁴
    • Yale: syún-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunluh
    • Palladius: сюньлу (sjunʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁴ luk^6-2 / seon⁴ luk⁶
    • Yale: sèuhn lúk / sèuhn luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁴ luk^9-2 / soen⁴ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁴ lug^6-2 / sên⁴ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²¹ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/, /sɵn²¹ lʊk̚²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 馴鹿

1. reindeer

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (馴鹿):

• → Japanese: 馴(じゅん)鹿(ろく) (junroku)
• → Korean: 순록(馴鹿) (sullok)
• → Vietnamese: tuần lộc (馴鹿)

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Japanese

馴鹿 (tonakai, junroku): a reindeer.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
馴	鹿
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 4
irregular

Borrowing from Ainu, either トナッカイ (tonakkai, recorded as Sakhalin dialect), or トゥナㇵカィ (tunahkay, listed in contemporary Ainu sources). The kanji are an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 馴鹿／驯鹿 (xùnlù).

Noun

馴鹿(トナカイ) • (tonakai) 

1. a reindeer

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 トナカイ. The kanji spelling is also less common in general use.

Synonyms

• カリブー (karibū)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
馴	鹿
じゅん Jinmeiyō	ろく Grade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 馴鹿 (MC zwin luwk, “tame, docile + deer”). Compare modern Cantonese readings seon⁴ luk⁶, seon⁴ luk^6-2, Mandarin xùnlù, xúnlù, Korean 순록 (sullok), and Vietnamese tuần lộc.

Noun

馴(じゅん)鹿(ろく) • (junroku) 

1. (rare) a reindeer