Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
さい
Hyōgaiji
せん
Grade: 6
はこ > ばこ
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
賽錢箱 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

(さい)(せん) (saisen) + (はこ) (hako), The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(さい)(せん)(ばこ) (saisenbako

  1. offertory box

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN