孤児
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[edit]Etymology 1
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孤 | 児 |
こ Grade: S |
じ Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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孤兒 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 孤兒 (MC ku nye|ngej).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- an orphan
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
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孤 | 児 |
みなしご | |
Grade: S | Grade: 4 |
irregular |
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孤兒 (kyūjitai) みなし児 身無し子 |
Jukujikun (熟字訓) spelling for the term みなしご (minashigo), itself a compound of 身 (mi, “identity, family”) + 無し (nashi, “none, without”) + 子 (ko, “child”).[2] The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Alternative forms
[edit]- 孤 (less common)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) みなしご [mìnáshíꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) みなしご [mìnáshígó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mʲina̠ɕiɡo̞]
Noun
[edit]- an orphan
Derived terms
[edit]- 孤児薬 (minashigo yaku): an orphan drug
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 孤 read as こ
- Japanese terms spelled with 児 read as じ
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- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku