Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 重厚

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(じゅう)(こう) (jūkōぢゆうこう (dyuukou)?-na (adnominal (じゅう)(こう) (jūkō na), adverbial (じゅう)(こう) (jūkō ni))

  1. profound, deep, stately, solid
Inflection edit

Noun edit

(じゅう)(こう) (jūkōぢゆうこう (dyuukou)?

  1. profundity, depth, stateliness, solidity

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 重厚

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(ちょう)(こう) (chōkō-na (adnominal (ちょう)(こう) (chōkō na), adverbial (ちょう)(こう) (chōkō ni))

  1. profound, deep, stately, solid
Inflection edit

Noun edit

(ちょう)(こう) (chōkō

  1. profundity, depth, stateliness, solidity

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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