一角獣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	角	獣
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	かく Grade: 2	じゅう Grade: S
kan'on		kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
一角獸 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

一角 (ikkaku, “one horn”) +‎ 獣 (jū, “beast”).

/ikkakuziu/ → /ikkakuzjuː/

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いっかくじゅう [ìkkákúꜜjùù] (Nakadaka – [4])
IPA^(key): [ik̚ka̠kɯ̟ʑɨː]

Noun

一(いっ)角(かく)獣(じゅう) • (ikkakujū) ^{←いつかくじう (itukakuziu)^?}

(mythology) synonym of ユニコーン (yunikōn, “unicorn”)
(rare, mythology, Chinese mythology) synonym of 麒麟 (kirin, “qilin”)

Derived terms

いっかくじゅう座(ざ) (Ikkakujūza)