牝鹿
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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牝 | 鹿 |
め Hyōgaiji |
しか > じか Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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雌鹿 |
Etymology edit
Compound of 牝 (me, “female”) + 鹿 (shika, “deer”). The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) めじか [méꜜjìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- (Tokyo) めじか [mèjíká] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [me̞ʑika̠]
Noun edit
- a doe (female deer)