麝香鹿

Japanese
Kanji in this term
麝 香 鹿
じゃ
Hyōgaiji		 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)?

  1. 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.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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