氈鹿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
氈	鹿
かも Hyōgai	しか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
羚羊

Etymology

氈(かも) (kamo, “carpet made of a pelt”) + 鹿(しか) (shika, “deer”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かもしか [kàmóshíká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) かもしか [kàmóꜜshìkà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞ɕi̥ka̠]

Noun

氈(かも)鹿(しか) or 氈鹿(カモシカ) • (kamoshika)

serow
synonym of 日本氈鹿 (Nihon kamoshika, “Japanese serow, Capricornis crispus”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

牛(ウシ)氈(カモ)鹿(シカ) (ushikamoshika, “gnu”)

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