葦鹿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葦 鹿
あし
Jinmeiyō 		しか
Grade: 4
irregular
Alternative spelling
海驢

Etymology

葦(あし) (ashi, “common reed”) + 鹿(しか) (shika, “deer”), roughly "a deer that lives where reeds grow". The sequence shishi was simplified to shi by haplology.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あしか [àshíká] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɕi̥ka̠]

Noun

葦鹿(あしか) or 葦鹿(アシカ) • (ashika) 

  1. a sea lion
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