麝香鹿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麝	香	鹿
じゃ Hyōgai	こう Grade: 4	しか > じか Grade: 4
goon		kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 麝香 (jakō, “musk”) +‎ 鹿 (shika, “deer”).^[1] The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゃこーじか [jàkóꜜòjìkà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠ko̞ːʑika̠]

Noun

麝(じゃ)香(こう)鹿(じか) or 麝香鹿(ジャコウジカ) • (jakōjika) ^{←じやかうじか (zyakauzika)^?}

musk deer

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ジャコウジカ (jakōjika).

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