葦鹿
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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葦 | 鹿 |
あし Jinmeiyō | しか Grade: 4 |
irregular |
Alternative forms
- 海驢
Etymology
葦 (ashi, “common reed”) + 鹿 (shika, “deer”), roughly "a deer that lives where reeds grow". The sequence shishi was simplified to shi by haplology.
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) あしか [àsh
íká] (Heiban – [0]) - IPA(key): [a̠ɕi̥ka̠]
Noun
葦鹿 • (ashika)
- a sea lion