髑髏
Chinese edit
skull | skull | ||
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trad. (髑髏) | 髑 | 髏 | |
simp. (髑髅) | 髑 | 髅 |
Etymology edit
Cognate with 頭顱 (OC *doː b·raː) and 𩑒顱 (MC dak|traek|trhaek lu). The first syllable 髑 (OC *doːɡ) is a Sino-Tibetan item probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tuk ~ *twak (“head; skull; neck”), whence also 脰 (OC *doːs, “neck”). The second syllable, 髏 (OC *roː) is likely a reduplication syllable starting with *r/*l (Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively but less likely, the second syllable is related to 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː) with a hypothetical meaning of "empty" or "dried" (see 婁婁/娄娄 (“empty”)); compare Mizo lu ro (“skull”) (lit. "dried head"), with the second syllable ro meaning "dry".
Words that appear similar to 髑髏 (OC *doːɡ roː) include 顱 (MC lu, “skull”) and Khmer រលា (rɔliə, “forehead; cranium; skull”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
髑髏
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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髑 | 髏 |
どく Hyōgaiji |
ろ Hyōgaiji |
goon | kan’yōon |
From Middle Chinese 髑髏 (MC duwk luw, “skull”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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髑 | 髏 |
されこうべ | |
Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
jukujikun |
/sarekaube/ → /sarekɔːbe/ → /sarekoːbe/
Compound of 曝れ (sare, “weathering”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 曝れる (sareru, “to weather, to degrade in color or form due to long exposure to wind, rain, and sun”)) + 頭 (kōbe, “head”).[4][5][1][3]
The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).
The fricative readings are less common, and derive as shifts from sarekōbe:
- /sarekoːbe/ → /ɕarekoːbe/
- /sarekoːbe/ → /ɕarekoːbe/ → /ɕarikoːbe/
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
髑髏 • (sarekōbe) ←されかうべ (sarekaube)?
(alternative reading hiragana しゃれこうべ, rōmaji sharekōbe, historical hiragana しやれかうべ)
(alternative reading hiragana しゃりこうべ, rōmaji sharikōbe, historical hiragana しやりかうべ)
Synonyms edit
Basic sense of skull:
- 頭骨 (kashirabone), 頭骨 (tōkotsu)
- 頭蓋 (zugai), 頭蓋 (tōgai)
- 頭蓋骨 (zugaikotsu), 頭蓋骨 (tōgaikotsu)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN