ちゃんころ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
銭ころ

Compound of 銭 (chan, “money”, tōon reading) +‎ ころ (koro). koro is possibly either cognate with ころ銭 (korosen, “money”), or possibly a diminutive suffix.

First cited to a text from 1724.

Likely fell out of use, as no pitch accent dictionaries include accentual information.

Noun

ちゃんころ • (chankoro) 

1. 銭ころ: (obsolete) money
2. 銭ころ: (obsolete) something small and insignificant

Etymology 2

Possibly cognate with ちゃんちゃん (chanchan, “Chinese pigtail; Japanese vest; Chink, ching chong”). Alternatively, derived from or a corruption of Mandarin 中國人／中国人 (Zhōngguórén, “Chinese person”).

Cited to ロシアに入る (Roshia ni iru, “Entering Russia”) of 1924.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゃんころ [chàńkóróꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) ちゃんころ [chàńkóꜜrò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕã̠ŋko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

ちゃんころ or チャンコロ • (chankoro) 

1. (ethnic slur) Chink (person of Chinese descent), ching chong
   • 1923, Iwasaburō Okino, 薄氷を踏みて‎^[4]:

     僕(ぼく)は大連(だいれん)の町(まち)で、日本(にほん)の小學(しょうがく)兒童(じどう)が、支那(しな)の小學(しょうがく)兒童(じどう)をチャンコロと云(い)って罵倒(ばとう)してゐるのを見(み)た。

     boku wa Dairen no machi de, nihon no shōgaku jidō ga, Shina no shōgaku jidō o chankoro to itte batō shite iru no o mita.

     I saw that in the town of Dailian, Japanese elementary school students were abusing the Chinese ones with "Chink".

Etymology 3

Recorded for the Hata dialect of Kōchi in the Tosa Kotoba of 1958. Also recorded for the Kuga dialect of Yamaguchi in the Yamaguchi Shokubutsu Hōgen-shū of 1943 as ちゃんちゃんげーろー (chanchangērō).

Etymology unknown.

Noun

ちゃんころ • (chankoro) 

1. (dialect, Kōchi) red spider lily (Lycoris radiata);