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antler; deer antler
The branching horn of a deer. Also used in traditional medicine and crafts.
立派な鹿角を持つ雄鹿がいた。
There was a stag with magnificent antlers.
鹿角は漢方薬の材料として使われる。
Deer antlers are used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
奈良では毎年秋に鹿の鹿角を切る行事が行われている。
In Nara, a ceremony of cutting deer antlers is held every autumn.
Composed of 鹿 (deer, in on'yomi reading) and 角 (horn). The reading ろっかく} features gemination ({促音). In traditional East Asian medicine, 鹿茸 (young, velvet-covered antler) is prized as a health supplement. The 鹿の角切り (antler cutting) ceremony in Nara dates back to the Edo period.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 鹿角を切る — to cut antlers
- 鹿角細工 — antler crafts; antler carving
- 鹿角の粉末 — powdered antler
RELATED TERMS:
- 角 — horn, antler (general, native reading)
- 鹿茸 — deer velvet antler (used in medicine)
- 鹿 — deer