針鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
針	鼠
はり Grade: 6	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

蝟; 猬; 彙

Etymology

針 (hari, “needle”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse; rat”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) はりねずみ [hàrínéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾʲine̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

針鼠 (hiragana はりねずみ, katakana ハリネズミ, rōmaji harinezumi)

a hedgehog

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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