針鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
針 鼠
はり
Grade: 6 		ねずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
蝟
猬
彙

Etymology

針 (hari, “needle”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse; rat”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はりねずみ [hàrínéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾʲine̞zɨmʲi]

Noun

針(はり)鼠(ねずみ) or 針鼠(ハリネズミ) • (harinezumi) 

  1. a hedgehog

References

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