中高型

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	高	型
なか Grade: 1	たか > だか Grade: 2	かた > がた Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 中 (“middle”) +‎ 高 (“high (pitch)”) +‎ 型 (“form”), literally "(in the middle the pitch is high)-form".

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) なかだかがた [nàkádákágátá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [na̠ka̠da̠ka̠ɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

中高型(なかだかがた) • (nakadakagata) 

1. The accent pattern in Japanese in which a syllable that is neither the first nor the last within that word is accented.

See also

• 平板型(へいばんがた) (heiban-gata)
• 頭高型(あたまだかがた) (atamadakagata)
• 尾高型(おだかがた) (odakagata)