Chinese

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chair
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(椅子)
alternative forms 倚子 historical

Pronunciation

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Noun

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椅子

  1. chair (Classifier: m;  m)

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (椅子):
  • Japanese: 椅子(いす) (isu)
  • Korean: 의자(椅子) (uija)

Japanese

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 椅子 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 1
tōon
Alternative spelling
倚子

Etymology

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/isi//isɨ//isu/

Originally 倚子 (ishi), referring to seats with or without rests used by higher court officials. With the arrival of Zen Buddhism to Japan, possibly a later borrowing from Middle Chinese 椅子 (MC 'jeX tsiX) or directly from Mandarin 椅子 (yǐzi, literally "chair" + diminutive suffix), the meaning shifted to wooden seats used by priests. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (isu (counter )

  1. a seat (piece of furniture)
    Synonyms: 腰掛け (koshikake), スツール (sutsūru), チェア (chea)
  2. (by extension) a post, position (in an office)
    Synonym: ポスト (posuto)

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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椅子 (uija) (hangeul 의자)

  1. hanja form? of 의자 (chair)