猪鹿蝶

猪鹿蝶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猪	鹿	蝶
いの Jinmeiyō	しか Grade: S	ちょう Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Etymology

Compound of 猪 (inoshishi, “boar”, tane of hagi) + 鹿 (shika, “deer”, tane of momiji) + 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”, tane of botan).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) いのしか​ちょー [ìnóshíkáꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ino̞ɕika̠t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

猪鹿蝶 (hiragana いのしかちょう, rōmaji ino-shika-chō, historical hiragana ゐのしかてふ)

1. (card games) in hanafuda, a 出来役 (dekiyaku, “card combination giving bonus points”) of boar, deer, and butterfly, worth 5 points.

See also

• 萩 (はぎ)に猪 (いのしし) (hagi ni inoshishi, “boar of the suit of the bush clover”)
• 紅葉 (もみじ)に鹿 (しか) (momiji ni shika, “deer of the suit of maple leaves”)
• 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)に蝶 (ちょう) (botan ni chō, “butterflies of the suit of peony”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN