Chinese

Noun

羚羊

1. antelope   (Classifier: 隻／只)

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese compound 羚羊.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) れいよう [rèéyóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɺ̠e̞ːjo̞ː]

Noun

羚羊 ‎(hiragana れいよう, katakana レイヨウ, romaji reiyō, historical hiragana れいやう)

1. antelope

Derived terms

• 麒麟羚羊 (きりんれいよう) ‎(kirinreiyō, “gerenuk”)

Etymology 2

Compound of 氈 ‎(kamo, “carpet”) +‎ 鹿 ‎(shika, “deer”).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) かもしか [kàmóshíká] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) かも​しか [kàmóꜜshìkà] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞ɕi̥ka̠]

Noun

羚羊 ‎(hiragana かもしか, katakana カモシカ, romaji kamoshika)

1. Alternative spelling of 氈鹿

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

羚羊 • ‎(yeong-yang) ‎(hangeul 영양)

1. Hanja form^? of 영양, “antelope”.