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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
積木
 
積み木 (tsumiki): a child's building blocks.
 
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Etymology

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Compound of 積み (tsumi, building up, piling up, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 積む (tsumu, to build up, to pile up)) +‎ (ki, wood).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (tsumiki

  1. a building block (children's toy)
    ()(ども)()()(あそ)
    kodomo wa tsumiki de asobu
    children play with building blocks

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN