Chinese edit

shave knife
simp. and trad.
(剃刀)

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Noun edit

剃刀

  1. razor (Classifier: m c)

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かみそり
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology edit

Compound of (kami, hair on the head) +‎ 剃り (sori, shaving facial hair or body hair; a shaver, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (soru, to shave facial hair or body hair).). First cited in the ten-volume Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.[1]

The kanji are from Chinese 剃刀 (tìdāo).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

剃刀(かみそり) (kamisori

  1. razor

Derived terms edit

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. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 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

Okinawan edit

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology edit

Cognate with mainland Japanese 剃刀 (kamisori). Attested in 沖縄語典 as かんすい.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

剃刀(かんすい) (kansui

  1. razor

References edit

  1. ^ 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/28