Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
みちび
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Likely formed from (みち) (michi, path) + () (hiku, to pull; to draw, rendaku form () (biku)), meaning "to pull along a path" -> "to lead/guide".

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "導く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
導く ちび [mìchíbíꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 導け ちび [mìchíbíꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 導かれる ちびかれ [mìchíbíkáréꜜrù]
Causative 導かせる ちびかせ [mìchíbíkáséꜜrù]
Potential 導ける ちびけ [mìchíbíkéꜜrù]
Volitional 導こう ちびこ [mìchíbíkóꜜò]
Negative 導かない ちびかない [mìchíbíkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 導かなかった ちびかなかった [mìchíbíkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 導きます ちびきま [mìchíbíkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 導いた ちびいた [mìchíbíꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 導いて ちびいて [mìchíbíꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 導けば ちびけば [mìchíbíꜜkèbà]

Verb edit

(みちび) (michibikutransitive godan (stem (みちび) (michibiki), past (みちび)いた (michibiita))

  1. to guide, to conduct

Conjugation edit

References edit

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