Chinese edit

 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
road; path; way
simp. and trad.
(小路)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

小路

  1. narrow path; small pathway; lane
    小路  ―  chāo xiǎolù  ―  to take a narrow shortcut

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
こうじ
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
irregular

⟨ko1mi1ti⟩/komiti//koũdi/[1]/koːʑi/

U-onbin (ウ音便) from こみち (komichi).[2][3][4][5][6] The pronunciation resulting from this onbin, /koũdi/, had been popularised since at least the early twelfth century CE.[7]

Possibly influenced by its antonym おおじ (ōji).[6]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

小路(こうじ) (kōjiこうぢ (koudi)?

  1. lane, alley
    Antonym: おおじ (ōji, wide road)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
みち
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 小路 – see the following entry.
こみち
[noun] path, lane, footpath
Alternative spellings
小道, 小径, , 小逕, ,
(This term, 小路, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

From (shō, small, little) +‎ (-ji, road, way, route).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しょう)() (shōjiせうぢ (seudi)?

  1. lane, alley

References edit

  1. ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge University Press, New York, →ISBN, page 193
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge University Press, New York, →ISBN, page 194
  8. ^ 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