鼻熊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼻 熊
はな
Grade: 3 		くま > ぐま
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鼻 (hana, “nose”) +‎ 熊 (kuma, “bear”). The kuma changes to guma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はなぐま [hànágúmá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠ɡɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

鼻(はな)熊(ぐま) or 鼻熊(ハナグマ) • (hanaguma) 

  1. coati

References

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