Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
おき
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (shi, doing, stem of verb する suru “to do”) +‎ 置き (oki, putting, placing, stem of verb 置く oku “to put, to place”). The character is an example of ateji (当て字).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(おき) (shioki

  1. Alternative spelling of 仕置き: a means of dealing with something; control; punishment; the garrisoning of a conquered or subjugated area; how something is made

Verb edit

()(おき)する (shioki surutransitive suru (stem ()(おき) (shioki shi), past ()(おき)した (shioki shita))

  1. Alternative spelling of 仕置き: to deal with something; to control; to punish; to garrison a conquered or subjugated area

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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