介錯
Chinese
| introduce; lie between; between | mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (介錯) | 介 | 錯 | |
| simp. (介错) | 介 | 错 | |
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 介錯 (kaishaku).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiècuò
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiècuò
- Wade–Giles: chieh4-tsʻo4
- Yale: jyè-tswò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehtsuoh
- Palladius: цзецо (czeco)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
介錯
- to decapitate someone who performs harakiri (in order to ease their pain)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 介 | 錯 |
| かい Grade: S |
しゃく Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
介 (kai, “to assist”) + 錯 (shaku, “mistake”)
Pronunciation
Noun
介錯 • (kaishaku)
- decapitation of someone who performs harakiri (in order to ease their pain)
Verb
介錯する • (kaishaku suru) transitive suru (stem 介錯し (kaishaku shi), past 介錯した (kaishaku shita))
- to decapitate someone who performs harakiri (in order to ease their pain)
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 介錯し | かいしゃくし | kaishaku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 介錯し | かいしゃくし | kaishaku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 介錯する | かいしゃくする | kaishaku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 介錯する | かいしゃくする | kaishaku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 介錯すれ | かいしゃくすれ | kaishaku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 介錯せよ¹ 介錯しろ² |
かいしゃくせよ¹ かいしゃくしろ² |
kaishaku seyo¹ kaishaku shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 介錯される | かいしゃくされる | kaishaku sareru |
| Causative | 介錯させる 介錯さす |
かいしゃくさせる かいしゃくさす |
kaishaku saseru kaishaku sasu |
| Potential | 介錯できる | かいしゃくできる | kaishaku dekiru |
| Volitional | 介錯しよう | かいしゃくしよう | kaishaku shiyō |
| Negative | 介錯しない | かいしゃくしない | kaishaku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 介錯せず | かいしゃくせず | kaishaku sezu |
| Formal | 介錯します | かいしゃくします | kaishaku shimasu |
| Perfective | 介錯した | かいしゃくした | kaishaku shita |
| Conjunctive | 介錯して | かいしゃくして | kaishaku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 介錯すれば | かいしゃくすれば | kaishaku sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- “介△錯”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026