鼻熊

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鼻 熊
はな
Grade: 3		 くま > ぐま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鼻 (hana, “nose”) +‎ 熊 (kuma, “bear”). The kuma changes to guma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

鼻熊 (hiragana はなぐま, katakana ハナグマ, rōmaji hanaguma)

  1. coati

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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