Moto 鹿: DeerKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ロク
- Kun'yomi
- しか、か
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 183 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ロク)
- 神鹿しんろくdeer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 鹿しかdeer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
- 牡鹿おじかbuck (male deer)
- 馬鹿ばかidiot; moron
- 馬鹿らしいばからしいabsurd; foolish
- えぞ鹿えぞしかHokkaido sika (deer) (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika
- お馬鹿さんおばかさんsilly person; dumb-bunny
- そんな馬鹿なそんなばかなsuch a stupid ...; what a crazy ...
- アメリカ赤鹿アメリカあかしかelk (Cervus canadensis); wapiti
- バラシンガ鹿バラシンガじかbarasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii); swamp deer
- ファロー鹿ファローじかfallow deer
- ワープロ馬鹿ワープロばか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
- 中原の鹿ちゅうげんのしかthe aim (in a campaign)
- 先生と言われるほどの馬鹿でなしせんせいといわれるほどのばかでなしI don't fall for flattery; (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)
- 割り鹿の子わりかのこtype of Japanese hairstyle for young women (late Edo period)
- 口白鹿くちじろしかThorold's deer (Cervus albirostris); white-lipped deer
- 台湾鹿たいわんじかFormosan sika; Taiwan sika (Cervus nippon taiouanus)
- 吠鹿ほえじかcommon muntjac (species of barking deer, Muntiacus muntjak); Indian muntjac
- 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
- 大角鹿おおつのじかgiant fallow deer (extinct)
- 大馬鹿者おおばかものgreat fool; utter fool
- 大鹿おおじかlarge deer
- 子鹿こじかfawn
- 小馬鹿こばかfool; someone beneath one's contempt
- 小馬鹿にするこばかにするto look down on; to treat with contempt
- 小鹿こじかfawn
- 尾白鹿おじろじかwhite-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus); whitetail deer
- 屋久鹿やくしかYakushima sika (Cervus nippon yakushimae)
- 役者馬鹿やくしゃばかgood actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns
- 御馬鹿さんおばかさんsilly person; dumb-bunny
- 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prune your plum trees, but not your cherry trees
- 機械馬鹿きかいばかskilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical
- 正直者が馬鹿を見るしょうじきものがばかをみるhonesty doesn't pay; life is unfair
- 河鹿かじかkajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
- 河鹿蛙かじかがえるkajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
- 牝鹿めじかdoe (female 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)
- 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; it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of
- 箆鹿へらじかmoose (Alces alces); elk
- 篦鹿へらじかmoose (Alces alces); elk
- 緋鹿の子ひがのこcloth tie-dyed with a scarlet red dappled pattern
- 薄ら馬鹿うすらばかsimpleton; dimwit
- 薄馬鹿うすばかdimwit
Other readings
- 亜米利加沼鹿アメリカぬまじかmarsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
- 大馬鹿おおバカextreme foolishness; grave stupidity
- 学者馬鹿がくしゃバカperson who is book smart but lacking in common sense; person who is book smart but street dumb
- 専門馬鹿せんもんバカperson who is ignorant outside his field
- 慶良間鹿けらまじかKerama deer; Ryukyu sika (Cervus nippon keramae)
- 日本氈鹿にほんかもしかJapanese serow (Capricornis crispus)
- 日本鹿にほんじかsika deer (Cervus nippon); sika
- 氈鹿かもしかserow; wild goat
- 牛氈鹿うしかもしかgnu; wildebeest
- 猪鹿蝶いのしかちょうthe boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld)
- 矮鹿まめじかchevrotain (Tragulidae spp.); mouse deer
- 碁打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)
- 筋肉馬鹿きんにくバカmeathead; muscle head
- 紅葉に鹿もみじにしかmatch made in heaven; perfect match
- 緋鹿子ひがのこcloth tie-dyed with a scarlet red dappled pattern
- 葦鹿あしかeared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion
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