千早人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	早	人
ち Grade: 1	はや Grade: 1	ひと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

The shift to rendaku (連濁) form -bito is a modern invention, likely due to align with companion pillow word 千早振る (chihayaburu).

Noun

千(ち)早(はや)人(ひと) or 千早人(ちはやびと) • (chihaya-hito or chihaya-bito) 

1. allusion to 宇治 (Uji, “a placename, especially of river crossing”)

   from the sense of “a ferocious man” used in reference to a specific 氏 (uji, “family, clan”), then punning off the “clan” reading of uji

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:千早人.

See also

• 千(ち)早(はや)振(ぶ)る (chihayaburu)
• 阻(うじはや)し (ujihayashi)

Old Japanese

Noun

千早人 (tipaya-pi₁to₂) (kana ちはやひと)

1. allusion to 宇治 (Udi, “a placename, especially of river crossing”)

   from the sense of “a ferocious man” used in reference to a specific 氏 (udi, “family, clan”), then punning off the “clan” reading of udi

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:千早人.

See also

• 千早振る (tipayaburu)
• 阻し (udipayasi)