鹿角(ろっかく)

ろっかく
noun
antler; deer antler
natureanimal-mammal
1. antler; deer antler
The branching horn of a deer. Also used in traditional medicine and crafts.
立派(りっぱ)な鹿角(ろっかく)を持(も)つ雄鹿(おじか)がいた。
There was a stag with magnificent antlers.
鹿角(ろっかく)は漢方薬(かんぽうやく)の材料(ざいりょう)として使(つか)われる。
Deer antlers are used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
奈良(なら)では毎年(まいとし)秋(あき)に鹿(しか)の鹿角(ろっかく)を切(き)る行事(ぎょうじ)が行(おこな)われている。
In Nara, a ceremony of cutting deer antlers is held every autumn.

Composed of 鹿(ろく) (deer, in on'yomi reading) and 角(かく) (horn). The reading ろっかく features gemination (促音(そくおん)). In traditional East Asian medicine, 鹿茸(ろくじょう) (young, velvet-covered antler) is prized as a health supplement. The 鹿(しか)の角(つの)切(き)り (antler cutting) ceremony in Nara dates back to the Edo period.

Common collocations

  • 鹿角(ろっかく)を切(き)る — to cut antlers
  • 鹿角(ろっかく)細工(ざいく) — antler crafts; antler carving
  • 鹿角(ろっかく)の粉末(ふんまつ) — powdered antler

Related words

  • 角(つの) — horn, antler (general, native reading)
  • 鹿茸(ろくじょう) — deer velvet antler (used in medicine)
  • 鹿(しか) — deer
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