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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
とう
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
湯桶讀み (kyūjitai)
湯桶読

Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(とう)() (yutōyomi

  1. (linguistics) a reading pattern for a kanji-compound word, using the native Japanese kun'yomi for the first portion, and the Chinese-derived on'yomi for the second portion

Usage notes edit

Defined in some sources[1] as applying only to two-character terms. Other sources[4] define this as also applying more broadly to any single word where the first portion is read with the kun and the second portion with the on. No sources define this as applying to multi-word terms.

See also edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan