"鹿" meaning in Japanese

See 鹿 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

  1. deer Tags: grade-4-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-character-rPW~2Ybe Categories (other): Grade 4 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 33 33 33 Derived forms: 葦鹿 (ashika) (ruby: 葦鹿(あしか)) (english: sea lion), 大鹿: moose (ōjika) (ruby: 大鹿(おおじか)), 氈鹿: serow (kamoshika) (ruby: 氈鹿(かもしか)), 鹿猪: babirusa (shikainoshishi) (ruby: 鹿猪(しかいのしし)), 鹿肉 (shikaniku) (ruby: 鹿肉(しかにく)) (english: venison), 麝香鹿 (jakōjika) (ruby: 麝香鹿(じゃこうじか)) (english: musk deer), 馴鹿, 馴鹿 (tonakai) (ruby: 馴鹿(トナカイ), 馴鹿(じゅんろく)) (english: reindeer), 日本鹿 (nihonjika) (ruby: 日本鹿(にほんじか)) (english: sika deer), 馬鹿 (baka) (ruby: 馬鹿(ばか)) (english: fool), 麋鹿 (biroku) (ruby: 麋鹿(びろく)) (english: moose and deer), 箆鹿: moose (herajika) (ruby: 箆鹿(へらじか)), 鹿砦: abatis (rokusai) (ruby: 鹿砦(ろくさい))

Noun

IPA: [ɕi̥ka̠] Forms: 鹿 [canonical] (ruby: 鹿(しか)), 鹿 [canonical] (ruby: 鹿(シカ)), shika [romanization], [counter]
Etymology: /seka/ → /sika/ From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 夫 (se, “male”) + 鹿 (ka, “deer”), in contrast to 女鹿 (meka, “female deer”, archaic). First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{com|ja|夫|鹿|t1=male|t2=deer|tr1=se|tr2=ka}} 夫 (se, “male”) + 鹿 (ka, “deer”), {{m|ja|女鹿|pos=archaic|t=female deer|tr=meka}} 女鹿 (meka, “female deer”, archaic), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|しか|シカ|count=匹}} 鹿(しか) or 鹿(シカ) • (shika) (counter 匹)
  1. deer Related terms: 鹿を逐う者は山を見ず: → a metaphor for how someone who is fixed on a target can be oblivious to the challenges in the way (shika o ou mono wa yama o mizu) (ruby: 鹿(しか), (), (もの), (やま), ()) (english: someone chasing a deer doesn't see the mountain)
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-rPW~2Ybe Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 1 17 2 15 14 21 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠] Forms: 鹿 [canonical] (ruby: 鹿()), ka [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|か}} 鹿(か) • (ka)
  1. (archaic) deer Tags: archaic Derived forms: 鹿沼: Kanuma, Tochigi (Kanuma) (ruby: 鹿沼(かぬま))
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-rPW~2Ybe1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ka̠se̞ɡʲi] Forms: 鹿 [canonical] (ruby: 鹿(かせぎ)), kasegi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. From the resemblance to a 桛木 (kasegi, “cross-shaped spindle; a branching point in a tree”). First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|桛木||cross-shaped spindle; a branching point in a tree|tr=kasegi}} 桛木 (kasegi, “cross-shaped spindle; a branching point in a tree”), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|かせぎ}} 鹿(かせぎ) • (kasegi)
  1. (archaic) deer Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-rPW~2Ybe1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [ka̠no̞ɕiɕi] Forms: 鹿 [canonical] (ruby: 鹿(かのしし)), kanoshishi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 鹿 (ka, “deer”) + の (possessive particle) + 肉 (shishi, “meat, flesh”). First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{com|ja|鹿|の|肉|pos2=possessive particle|t1=deer|t3=meat, flesh|tr1=ka|tr3=shishi}} 鹿 (ka, “deer”) + の (possessive particle) + 肉 (shishi, “meat, flesh”), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|かのしし}} 鹿(かのしし) • (kanoshishi)
  1. (archaic) deer Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-rPW~2Ybe1
  2. deer meat: venison Categories (lifeform): Cervids
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun--u2he3Eu Disambiguation of Cervids: 9 9 9 8 8 12 3 6 8 7 7 8 7 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 5 3 8 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 11 11 10 11 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 15 15 15 17 0 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 1 1 16 2 13 13 19 19 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 1 1 17 4 12 12 17 16 1 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 7 7 0 0 15 2 10 10 14 16 0 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 1 17 2 15 14 21 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: [ɕiɕi] Forms: 鹿 [canonical] (ruby: 鹿(しし)), shishi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sisi. Cognate with 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”). First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*sisi|sort=しし}} Proto-Japonic *sisi, {{m|ja|肉|t=meat of a beast|tr=shishi}} 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|しし}} 鹿(しし) • (shishi)
  1. (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-sbd~Knfr
  2. Short for 猪武者 (inoshishi musha): a reckless warrior Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 猪武者 (extra: (inoshishi musha): a reckless warrior)
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-hSMe0fzk Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 5 3 8 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 11 11 10 11 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 15 15 15 17 0 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 1 1 16 2 13 13 19 19 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 1 1 17 4 12 12 17 16 1 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 1 17 2 15 14 21 20
  3. Short for 鹿狩り (shishi-gari): a deer hunter Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 鹿狩り (extra: (shishi-gari): a deer hunter)
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-3R8XSttZ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 5 3 8 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 11 11 10 11 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 15 15 15 17 0 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 1 1 16 2 13 13 19 19 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 1 1 17 4 12 12 17 16 1 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 1 17 2 15 14 21 20
  4. (slang) a female attendant at a bathhouse or hot spring Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-Kno7dLpb Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 5 3 8 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 11 11 10 11 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 15 15 15 17 0 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 1 1 16 2 13 13 19 19 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 1 1 17 4 12 12 17 16 1 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 7 7 0 0 15 2 10 10 14 16 0 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 1 17 2 15 14 21 20
  5. (slang, archaic) a female prostitute at a bathhouse or hot spring Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-S8oQZcMF Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 5 3 8 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 11 11 10 11 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 15 15 15 17 0 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 1 1 16 2 13 13 19 19 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 1 1 17 4 12 12 17 16 1 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 7 7 0 0 15 2 10 10 14 16 0 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 1 17 2 15 14 21 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Noun

IPA: [ɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 鹿 [canonical] (ruby: 鹿(ろく)), roku [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 鹿 (MC luwk). Compare modern Min Nan reading lo̍k. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ろく}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|鹿}} 鹿 (MC luwk), {{cog|nan|-}} Min Nan Head templates: {{ja-noun|ろく}} 鹿(ろく) • (roku)
  1. deer
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-rPW~2Ybe1
  2. venison or wild boar meat
    Sense id: en-鹿-ja-noun-GvqVSHw3 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 5 3 8 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 11 11 10 11 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 15 15 15 17 0 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 1 1 1 1 16 2 13 13 19 19 1 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 1 1 1 1 1 17 4 12 12 17 16 1 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 7 7 0 0 15 2 10 10 14 16 0 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Download JSON data for 鹿 meaning in Japanese (19.6kB)

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        {
          "english": "sea lion",
          "roman": "ashika",
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              "葦鹿",
              "あしか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "葦鹿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ōjika",
          "ruby": [
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              "大鹿",
              "おおじか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "大鹿: moose"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kamoshika",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "氈鹿",
              "かもしか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "氈鹿: serow"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shikainoshishi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鹿猪",
              "しかいのしし"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "鹿猪: babirusa"
        },
        {
          "english": "venison",
          "roman": "shikaniku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鹿肉",
              "しかにく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "鹿肉"
        },
        {
          "english": "musk deer",
          "roman": "jakōjika",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "麝香鹿",
              "じゃこうじか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "麝香鹿"
        },
        {
          "english": "reindeer",
          "roman": "tonakai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "馴鹿",
              "トナカイ"
            ],
            [
              "馴鹿",
              "じゅんろく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "馴鹿, 馴鹿"
        },
        {
          "english": "sika deer",
          "roman": "nihonjika",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "日本鹿",
              "にほんじか"
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          ],
          "word": "日本鹿"
        },
        {
          "english": "fool",
          "roman": "baka",
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              "馬鹿",
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            ]
          ],
          "word": "馬鹿"
        },
        {
          "english": "moose and deer",
          "roman": "biroku",
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              "麋鹿",
              "びろく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "麋鹿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "herajika",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "箆鹿",
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            ]
          ],
          "word": "箆鹿: moose"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rokusai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鹿砦",
              "ろくさい"
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          ],
          "word": "鹿砦: abatis"
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  "word": "鹿"
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          "expansion": "⇒ English: sika deer",
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      ],
      "text": "⇒ English: sika deer"
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      "form": "shika",
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    },
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      "form": "匹",
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        {
          "english": "There is nothing but deer in Nara Park.",
          "roman": "Nara kōen ni wa shika shika inai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "奈",
              "な"
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            [
              "良",
              "ら"
            ],
            [
              "公",
              "こう"
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            [
              "園",
              "えん"
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            [
              "鹿",
              "しか"
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          "text": "奈良公園には鹿しかいない。"
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        {
          "english": "someone chasing a deer doesn't see the mountain",
          "roman": "shika o ou mono wa yama o mizu",
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            [
              "鹿",
              "しか"
            ],
            [
              "逐",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "鹿を逐う者は山を見ず: → a metaphor for how someone who is fixed on a target can be oblivious to the challenges in the way"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "other": "しか"
    },
    {
      "other": "しか"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "鹿"
}

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      ],
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        {
          "roman": "Kanuma",
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              "鹿沼",
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        "(archaic) deer"
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠]"
    }
  ],
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    "Man'yōshū"
  ],
  "word": "鹿"
}

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      "args": {
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          "word": "鹿狩り"
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        "Short for 鹿狩り (shishi-gari): a deer hunter"
      ],
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        ],
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          "hunter",
          "hunter"
        ]
      ],
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        "a female attendant at a bathhouse or hot spring"
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        "a female prostitute at a bathhouse or hot spring"
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          "prostitute"
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          "bathhouse",
          "bathhouse"
        ],
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        ]
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}

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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "venison or wild boar meat"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.