子鹿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	鹿
こ Grade: 1	しか > じか Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

子 (ko, “child”) +‎ 鹿 (shika, “deer”)

The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

子(こ)鹿(じか) • (kojika) 

1. a fawn (young deer)

   子(こ)鹿(じか)物(もの)語(がたり)

   Kojika Monogatari

   The Yearling