湯桶読み
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
| 湯 | 桶 | 読 |
Etymology
Compound of 湯桶 (yutō, “a hot-water bucket or spouted container”) + 読み (yomi, “reading, pronunciation”). For the way in which the word 湯桶 is read with a kun'yomi for the first kanji and an on'yomi for the second kanji.
Noun
湯桶読み (hiragana ゆとうよみ, romaji yutōyomi)
- A reading pattern for certain kanji compound words, using the native Japanese kun'yomi for the first kanji, and the Chinese-derived on'yomi for the second kanji.
Related terms
- Contrast with 重箱読み (じゅうばこよみ, jūbakoyomi), using the Chinese-derived on'yomi for the first kanji, and the native Japanese kun'yomi for the second kanji.
- 音読み (おんよみ, on'yomi)
- 訓読み (くんよみ, kun'yomi)