猪鹿蝶

Japanese
Kanji in this term
猪 鹿 蝶
いの
Jinmeiyō		 しか
Grade: S		 ちょう
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Etymology

Compound of 猪 (inoshishi, “boar”, tane of hagi) + 鹿 (shika, “deer”, tane of momiji) + 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”, tane of botan).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) いのしか​ちょー [ìnóshíkáꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ino̞ɕika̠t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

猪鹿蝶 (hiragana いのしかちょう, rōmaji ino-shika-chō, historical hiragana ゐのしかてふ)

  1. (card games) in hanafuda, a 出来役 (dekiyaku, “card combination giving bonus points”) of boar, deer, and butterfly, worth 5 points.

See also
  • 萩 (はぎ)に猪 (いのしし) (hagi ni inoshishi, “boar of the suit of the bush clover”)
  • 紅葉 (もみじ)に鹿 (しか) (momiji ni shika, “deer of the suit of maple leaves”)
  • 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん)に蝶 (ちょう) (botan ni chō, “butterflies of the suit of peony”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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