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][2][3] The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Attested since at least 1876.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じゃこーじか [jàkóꜜòjìkà] (Nakadaka – [2])[4][3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑa̠ko̞ːʑika̠]

Noun

麝(じゃ)香(こう)鹿(じか) • (jakōjika) ←じやかうじか (zyakauzika)?

  1. [from 1876] musk deer, belonging to genus Moschus

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “麝香鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “麝香鹿”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
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