Kanji 鹿 Words: Meanings and Readings

someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer

案山子

あんざんし

scarecrow

屋久鹿

やくしか

Yakushima sika (Cervus nippon yakushimae)

河鹿

かじか

kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

河鹿蛙

かじかがえる

kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

蚊火屋

かひや

hut where a fire was kept to keep deer, wild boars, etc. away from fields

海馬

あしか

eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus)

学者ばか

がくしゃばか

person who is book smart but lacking in common sense

割り鹿の子

わりかのこ

type of Japanese hairstyle for young women (late Edo period)

機械馬鹿

きかいばか

skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters

牛氈鹿

うしかもしか

gnu

筋肉馬鹿

きんにくばか

meathead

慶良間鹿

けらまじか

Kerama deer

碁打ち鳥飼い馬鹿の中

ごうちとりかいばかのうち

go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)

口白鹿

くちじろしか

Thorold's deer (Cervus albirostris)

紅葉に鹿

もみじにしか

match made in heaven

黒鹿毛

くろかげ

dark bay (horse coat color)

桜切る馬鹿、梅切らぬ馬鹿

さくらきるばかうめきらぬばか

only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees

仔鹿

こじか

fawn

四つ目鹿

よつめじか

Chinese muntjac (species of barking deer, Muntiacus reevesi)

四月馬鹿

しがつばか

April fool

鹿

かのしし

deer

鹿せんべい

しかせんべい

rice crackers for feeding the deer (in Nara)

鹿の角

しかのつの

antler

鹿の角切り

しかのつのきり

Deer-Antler-Cutting Ceremony (held in Nara between late October and early November)

鹿の子

かのこ

cloth dyed in a dappled pattern

鹿の子絞

かのこしぼり

cloth dyed in a dapple pattern

鹿の子斑

かのこまだら

pattern of white spots

鹿の子編み

かのこあみ

moss stitch

鹿の子餅

かのこもち

mochi containing red bean paste

鹿を追う者は山を見ず

しかをおうものはやまをみず

zeal is a bad servant

鹿威し

ししおどし

water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied (orig. used for keeping birds and wildlife away)

鹿猿

しかざる

earthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)

鹿屋体育大学

かのやたいいくだいがく

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

鹿垣

しがき

simple deer-hunting blind (horizontal branches and brushwood)

鹿子

かこ

deer

鹿子の木

かごのき

Litsea coreana (species of tree in the laurel family)

鹿児島

かごしま

Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

鹿児島経済大学

かごしまけいざいだいがく

Kagoshima Keizai University

鹿児島県

かごしまけん

Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)

鹿児島県警

かごしまけんけい

Kagoshima Prefectural Police (abbr)

鹿児島国際大学

かごしまこくさいだいがく

The International University of Kagoshima

鹿児島純心女子大学

かごしまじゅんしんじょしだいがく

Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University

鹿児島女子大学

かごしまじょしだいがく

Kagoshima Women's College

鹿児島大学

かごしまだいがく

Kagoshima University

鹿杖

かせづえ

forked stick

鹿猪

しかいのしし

babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)

鹿追

しかおい

hinged bamboo water cup or trough, which makes a percussive sound periodically as it tips over

鹿爪らしい

しかつめらしい

formal

鹿島アントラーズ

かしまアントラーズ

Kashima Antlers (Japanese pro soccer team)

鹿島建設

かじまけんせつ

Kajima Corporation

鹿島立ち

かしまだち

to set upon a journey

鹿皮

しかがわ

deerskin

鹿毛

かげ

fawn colour

鹿木

しかぎ

simple deer-hunting blind (horizontal branches and brushwood)

鹿野苑

ろくやおん

Magadaava (where Buddha delivered his first sermon)

鹿寨

ろくさい

abatis

秋の鹿は笛に寄る

あきのしかはふえによる

people may bring about their demise for love