土器

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	device; tool; utensil
trad. (土器)		土	器
simp. #(土器)		土	器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄑㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔcì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: tǔ-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuchih
    • Palladius: туци (tuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 吐棄／吐弃 吐氣／吐气 土氣／土气

Noun

土器

1. crockery; earthenware

Synonyms

• 瓦器 (wǎqì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (土器):

• → Japanese: 土器(どき) (doki)
• → Korean: 토기(土器) (togi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	器
Grade: 1	Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
土器 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

kaparake → kaɸarake → kawarake. Compound of 瓦 (kawara, “tile”) +‎ 笥 (ke, “container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kawarake]

Noun

土器(かわらけ) • (kawarake) ^{←かはらけ (kafarake)?}

1. unglazed pottery
2. an unglazed drinking cup
3. (figuratively) a woman who does not grow pubic hair

Synonyms

• (woman who does not grow pubic hair): パイパン (paipan)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ど​き [dóꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞kʲi]

Noun

土器(どき) • (doki) 

1. an unglazed container made from baked clay; earthenware

Korean

Hanja in this term
土	器

Noun

土器 • (togi) (hangeul 토기)

1. Hanja form^? of 토기 (“earthenware; earthen pottery”).