園児

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
園	児
えん Grade: 2	じ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
園兒 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

園(えん) (en, shortened from 幼稚園 (yōchien, “kindergarten”) or 保育園 (hoikuen, “nursery school”)) + 児(じ) (ji, “child”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) えんじ [éꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun edit

園(えん)児(じ) • (enji) ^{←ゑんじ (wenzi)^?}

a kindergartner

References edit

^ 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

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