絹毛鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絹	毛	鼠
きぬ Grade: 6	け > げ Grade: 2	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

絹 (kinu, “silk”) +‎ 毛 (ke, “fur”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “rat; mouse”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) きぬげねずみ [kìnúgénéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟ᵝɡe̞ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

絹毛鼠 (hiragana きぬげねずみ, katakana キヌゲネズミ, rōmaji kinugenezumi)

(rare) Synonym of ハムスター (hamusutā, “hamster”)

Derived terms

キヌゲネズミ科 (か) (Kinugenezumi-ka)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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