牝鹿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牝	鹿
め Hyōgai	しか > じか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
雌鹿

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めじか [méꜜjìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) めじか [mèjíká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ʑika̠]

Noun

牝(め)鹿(じか) • (mejika)

a doe (female deer)

See also

牡(お)鹿(じか) (ojika, “stag, buck”)

References

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