子鹿

Japanese
Kanji in this term
子 鹿
こ
Grade: 1		 しか > じか
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

子 (ko, “child”) +‎ 鹿 (shika, “deer”)

The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

子(こ)鹿(じか) • (kojika) 

  1. a fawn (young deer)
    子(こ)鹿(じか)物(もの)語(がたり)
    Kojika Monogatari
    The Yearling
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