積木

See also: 积木 and 積み木

Chinese

		to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	tree; wood
trad. (積木)		積	木
simp. (积木)		积	木

積木

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 積(つ)み木(き) (tsumiki, “building block”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ muk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chek-bo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêh⁴ bhag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jimù
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-mu⁴
    • Yale: jī-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jimuh
    • Palladius: цзиму (czimu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ muk⁶
    • Yale: jīk muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekbok
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêh⁴ bhag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseh ba̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seʔ²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/

Noun

積木

1. (countable) building block (children's toy) (Classifier: 塊／块 m)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
積	木
つ(み) Grade: 4	き Grade: 1
kun’yomi

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”)) +‎ 木 (ki, “wood”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 積木 – see the following entry.

【積つみ木き】 [noun] a building block (children's toy)

(This term, 積木, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝmʲikʲi]

Proper noun

積(つみ)木(き) • (Tsumiki) 

1. a surname

Usage notes

The surname is spelled without the okurigana み (mi).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
積	木
つ(む) Grade: 4	き Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 積む (tsumu, “to build up, to pile up”) +‎ 木 (ki, “wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝmɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

Proper noun

積(つむ)木(き) • (Tsumuki) 

1. a surname

Usage notes

The surname is spelled without the okurigana む (mu).

Further reading

• Entry in ENAMDICT