更紗

Japanese edit

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

更紗

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Chintz

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Calico

更紗, サラサ (sarasa): a sample of chintz fabric from the early 1700s.

Kanji in this term
更	紗
さら Grade: S	さ Jinmeiyō
yutōyomi

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Portuguese saraça.^[1]^[2]

The kanji spelling appears to be an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) さらさ [sáꜜràsà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
(Tokyo) さらさ [sàrásá] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ɾa̠sa̠]

Noun edit

更紗(サラサ) • (sarasa)

サラサ, 更沙: calico, chintz, printed fabric

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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