地鼠

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
地	鼠
じ Grade: 2	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
jūbakoyomi

From 地 (ji, “earth”, 呉音 (goon)) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse; rat”)

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) じねずみ [jìnéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʑine̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

地鼠 (hiragana じねずみ, katakana ジネズミ, rōmaji jinezumi, historical hiragana ぢねずみ, historical katakana ヂネズミ)

a Dsinezumi shrew

Descendants

→ English: Dsinezumi shrew
→ New Latin: Crocidura dsinezumi

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
地	鼠
ち Grade: 2	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
jūbakoyomi

From 地 (chi, “earth”, 漢音 (kan'on)) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse; rat”)

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) ちねずみ [chìnéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕine̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

地鼠 (hiragana ちねずみ, katakana チネズミ, rōmaji chinezumi)

Synonym of 赤鼠 (akanezumi, “large Japanese field mouse”)

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