針鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
針 鼠
はり
Grade: 6
ねずみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
蝟
猬
彙

Etymology

針 (hari, “needle”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse; rat”)

Pronunciation

Noun

針(はり)鼠(ねずみ) • (harinezumi) 

  1. a hedgehog

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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