積み木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
積	木
つ Grade: 4	き Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
積木

**積み木** (tsumiki): a child's **building blocks**.

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積み木

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Toy block

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Etymology

Compound of 積み (tsumi, “building up, piling up”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 積む (tsumu, “to build up, to pile up”)) +‎ 木 (ki, “wood”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つみき [tsùmíkí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨmʲikʲi]

Noun

積(つ)み木(き) • (tsumiki)

a building block (children's toy)
子(こ)供(ども)は積(つ)み木(き)で遊(あそ)ぶ
kodomo wa tsumiki de asobu
children play with building blocks

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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