氈鹿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
氈	鹿
かも Hyōgai	しか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
羚羊

Etymology

氈 (kamo, “carpet made of a pelt”) +‎ 鹿 (shika, “deer”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かもしか [kàmóshíká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) かもしか [kàmóꜜshìkà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞ɕi̥ka̠]

Noun

氈(かも)鹿(しか) or 氈鹿(カモシカ) • (kamoshika)

a serow

Derived terms

牛(ウシ)氈(カモ)鹿(シカ) (ushikamoshika, “gnu”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN