Translation

rakko means "Sea Otter" in English.

rakko is normally written with katakana, as ラッコ.
rakko written with hiragana is らっこ.
rakko written with kanji is 海獺.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.
Romaji ra kko
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
Meaning Sea Otter
School Level 小2,

rakko may also be written as 猟虎, 海猟 or 獺虎.

Orthography Notes

  • っこ contains a small tsu which makes the consonant of the syllable longer.
  • rakko is a jukujikun 熟字訓 reading for 海獺 in this word. That is: those kanji are only read that way when they come together like that.

Homonyms & Similar Words

Further Reading

Wikipedia: 猟虎 (Sea_otter)