日本鹿
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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日 | 本 | 鹿 |
にち > に Grade: 1 |
ほん Grade: 1 |
しか > じか Grade: S |
Etymology
Compound of 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”, on'yomi) + 鹿 (shika, “deer”, kun'yomi).[1][2][3] The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
日本鹿 (hiragana にほんじか, katakana ニホンジカ, rōmaji Nihonjika)
- Cervus nippon, commonly known as sika deer, spotted deer, or Japanese deer
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ニホンジカ.
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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