猟虎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猟	虎
りょう > らっ Grade: S	こ Grade: S
Irregular

Alternative forms

獺虎; 海獺

Etymology

From Ainu ラッコ. The kanji, which is a compound of 猟 (ryō, “hunting”) +‎ 虎 (ko, “tiger”), is ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) らっこ [ràkkó] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) らっこ [ráꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ɾa̠k̚ko̞]

Noun

猟虎 (hiragana らっこ, katakana ラッコ, rōmaji rakko)

a sea otter

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