Could the animal "lion" be represented by シ or by ツ


Looking at an old world war two map, I know there is a mountain/hill/ridge
which was nicknamed "lion" by the Japanese. The old map has a Japanese symbol
written on the spot of that mountain/hill/ridge.

Because I don't know Japanese (can't recognize and understand the characters),
I don't know which one of the following characters it might be:

Either:

> シ

or

> ツ

Could someone with knowledge of Japanese give me a definite answer on which
one it might likely be, and why.

Drawing from my knowledge of Chinese, my best guess is it will be

> シ

because it seems that this Japanese character is pronounced " **shi** ", which
might be coming from the Chinese " **獅** 子" ( **shi** zi).




[獅子](http://jisho.org/word/%E7%8D%85%E5%AD%90) is a dated word that means
_lion_ in Japanese. This can also be written as しし in hiragana and シシ (shi-
shi) in katakana.

シ can ツ can be distinguished [like
this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/33579/5010).
[ツツ/つつ/筒](http://jisho.org/word/%E7%AD%92) means _pipe_ , by the way.




[獅子](http://jisho.org/word/%E7%8D%85%E5%AD%90) is a dated word that means
_lion_ in Japanese. This can also be written as しし in hiragana and シシ (shi-
shi) in katakana.

シ can ツ can be distinguished [like
this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/33579/5010).
[ツツ/つつ/筒](http://jisho.org/word/%E7%AD%92) means _pipe_ , by the way.

