力車

Japanese

Kanji in this term
力	車
りき Grade: 1	しゃ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲikʲi̥ɕa̠]

Noun

力(りき)車(しゃ) • (rikisha) 

1. a rickshaw

Synonyms

• 人力車(じんりきしゃ) (jinrikisha)
• 人力(じんりき) (jinriki)

Descendants

• → English: rickshaw, ricksha, rikisha, rikshaw, 'rickshaw, riksha, ricsha
  • → Italian: risciò
  • → German: Rikscha (or directly from Japanese)