四輪車
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 四 | 輪 | 車 |
| よん Grade: 1 |
りん Grade: 4 |
しゃ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | on'yomi | |
四輪 (yonrin, “four wheels, four-wheeled”) + 車 (-sha, “vehicle”).[1][2][3]
First attested in 1881.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
四輪車 • (yonrinsha)
- a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car [from 1881]
Synonyms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 四 | 輪 | 車 |
| し Grade: 1 |
りん Grade: 4 |
しゃ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | ||
四輪 (shirin, “four wheels, four-wheeled”) + 車 (-sha, “vehicle”).[1][2]
First attested in c. 1810.[1] This reading appears to have been largely replaced by yonrinsha, possibly due to the Buddhist connotations of the shirin reading for 四輪 in reference to the four wheels holding up the world.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾʲĩɰ̃ɕa̠]
Noun
四輪車 • (shirinsha)
- a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car [from 1810]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “四輪車”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 四 | 輪 | 車 |
Noun
四輪車 • (saryuncha) (hangeul 사륜차)
- hanja form? of 사륜차 (“a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car”)