手拍子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	拍	子
て Grade: 1	ひょう > びょう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Etymology

From 手(て) (te) + 拍子(ひょうし) (hyōshi). The hyōshi changes to byōshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てびょ​ーし [tèbyóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [te̞bʲo̞ːɕi]

Noun

手(て)拍(びょう)子(し) • (tebyōshi) ^{←てびやうし (tebyausi)?}

1. clapping to a beat