sika

Questions about sika

What does sika mean?

sika means "small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers".

How many syllables are in sika?

sika has 2 syllables: si-ka. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for sika?

Close synonyms include Japanese deer, Cervus nipon, Cervus sika. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sika a common word?

sika is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.