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

Compound of 四輪 (yonrin, “four wheels, four-wheeled”) +‎ 車 (-sha, “vehicle, car”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

First cited to 1881.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よんりんしゃ [yòńríꜜǹshà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[4]
IPA^(key): [jõ̞n̺ɾʲĩɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

四(よん)輪(りん)車(しゃ) • (yonrinsha)

[from 1881] a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
四	輪	車
し Grade: 1	りん Grade: 4	しゃ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Compound of 四輪 (shirin, “four wheels, four-wheeled”) +‎ 車 (-sha, “vehicle, car”).^[1]^[2]

First cited to roughly 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(し)輪(りん)車(しゃ) • (shirinsha)

[from 1810] a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car

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 (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”)

[KDJ2-1] 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

[DJS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 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

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