穴子

Japanese edit

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穴子

Kanji in this term
穴	子
あな Grade: 6	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
𫙕

Etymology edit

Compound of 穴 (ana, “hole”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”). The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) あなご [ànágó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠na̠ɡo̞]

Noun edit

穴(あな)子(ご) or 穴子(アナゴ) • (anago)

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Korean: 아나고 (anago)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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