逆引き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
逆	引
ぎゃく Grade: 5	ひ > び Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From 逆(ぎゃく) (gyaku) + 引(ひ)き (hiki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 引(ひ)く (hiku)). The hiki changes to biki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎゃくびき [gyàkúbíkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝbʲikʲi]

Noun

逆(ぎゃく)引(び)き • (gyakubiki) ^{←ぎやくびき (gyakubiki)?}

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