ぢゆうばこよみ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぢゆうばこよみ – see the following entry.

【重箱読じゅうばこよみ】 [noun] (linguistics) a reading pattern for kanji-compound words, using the Chinese-derived on'yomi for the first portion, and the native Japanese kun'yomi for the second portion Alternative spelling 重箱読

(This term, ぢゆうばこよみ (dyuubakoyomi), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)