灰皿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
灰	皿
はい Grade: 6	さら > ざら Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

灰 (hai, “ash”) +‎ 皿 (sara, “plate”). The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はいざら [hàízárá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠iza̠ɾa̠]

Noun

灰(はい)皿(ざら) • (haizara) ^{←はひざら (fafizara)?}

1. an ashtray