麝香猫

See also: 麝香貓

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 麝香猫 – see 麝香貓 (“civet”). (This term is the simplified form of 麝香貓).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Compound of 麝(じゃ)香(こう) (jakō, “musk”) + 猫(ねこ) (neko, “cat”).

麝(じゃ)香(こう)猫(ねこ) or 麝香猫(ジャコウネコ) • (jakōneko) ^{←じやかうねこ (zyakauneko) or ジヤカウネコ (zyakauneko)^?}

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ジャコウネコ.

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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