頭高型

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頭	高	型
あたま Grade: 2	たか > だか Grade: 2	かた > がた Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 頭 (“head (beginning)”) +‎ 高 (“high”) +‎ 型 (“form”), literally "(in the beginning the pitch is high)-form".

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あたまだかがた [àtámádákágátá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠ma̠da̠ka̠ɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

頭高型 (hiragana あたまだかがた, rōmaji atamadakagata)

1. The pitch accent pattern in Japanese where the first syllable is accented; i.e., the first syllable has high pitch and all subsequent syllables have low pitch, for example in the word 会 (あ)う (au).

See also

• 平板型 (へいばんがた) (heiban-gata)
• 中高型 (なかだかがた) (nakadakagata)
• 尾 (お)高型 (だかがた) (odakagata)