針鼠
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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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