砧骨

Chinese

		base for beating or chopping	bone
trad. (砧骨)		砧	骨
simp. #(砧骨)		砧	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-ku³
    • Yale: jēn-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenguu
    • Palladius: чжэньгу (čžɛnʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ gwat¹
    • Yale: jām gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Noun

砧骨

1. (anatomy) anvil; incus; the incus bone in the inner ear

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砧	骨
ちん Jinmeiyō	こつ Grade: 6
kan'on

Kanji in this term
砧	骨
きぬた Jinmeiyō	こつ Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Etymology

砧 (“fulling block”) +‎ 骨 (“bone”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きぬたこつ [kìnútáꜜkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟ta̠ko̞t͡sɨ]

• (Tokyo) ちんこつ [chìńkótsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩŋko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

砧(きぬた)骨(こつ) or 砧(ちん)骨(こつ) • (kinutakotsu or chinkotsu) 

1. an anvil; an incus (bone in inner ear)

   Hypernym: 耳小骨 (jishōkotsu)