唐獅子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐	獅	子
から Grade: S	し > じ Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Kanji in this term
唐	獅	子
から Grade: S	し Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Etymology

唐(から) (kara-, “China”) + 獅子(しし) (shishi, “lion”). The shishi changes to jishi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) からじし [kàrájíꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) からじし [kàrájíshí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠ʑiɕi]

(Tokyo) からしし [kàráshíꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) からしし [kàráshíshí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠ɕiɕi]

Noun

唐(から)獅(じ)子(し) or 唐(から)獅(し)子(し) • (karajishi or karashishi)

Chinese lion, Fu dog

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“唐^▲獅子”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026