牝鹿

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿

Hyōgai
しか > じか
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
雌鹿

Etymology

Compound of () (me, female) + 鹿(しか) (shika, deer). The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()鹿(じか) (mejika

  1. a doe (female deer)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN