胴着

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胴	着
どう Grade: S	き > ぎ Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From 胴(どう) (dō) + 着(き) (ki). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーぎ​ [dòógíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) どーぎ [dòógí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːɡʲi]

Noun

胴(どう)着(ぎ) • (dōgi) ^{←だうぎ (daugi)?}

1. Japanese vest; dogi (shirt)

Descendants

• → English: dogi