砂時計
Contents
JapaneseEdit
Kanji in this term | ||
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砂 | 時 | 計 |
すな Grade: 6 |
とき > ど Grade: 2 |
けい Grade: 2 |
Irregular |
EtymologyEdit
From 砂 (suna, “sand”) + 時計 (tokei, “timepiece”). The tokei reading for 時計 changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁). 時計 is jukujikun (熟字訓).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
砂時計 (hiragana すなどけい, rōmaji sunadokei)
- an hourglass
SynonymsEdit
- 砂漏 (sarō)