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蝶番

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蝶番

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蝶	番
ちょう Jinmeiyō	つが(い) Grade: 2
kan'on	kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
蝶つがい蝶番い

Compound of 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”) +‎ 番 (tsugai, “joint”), from the way that it looks like a butterfly.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーつがい [chòótsúꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡sɨɡa̠i]

Noun

蝶(ちょう)番(つがい) • (chōtsugai) ^{←てふつがひ (tefutugafi)^?}

hinge
joint, especially anatomical joint

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蝶	番
ちょう Jinmeiyō	ばん Grade: 2
kan'on	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
丁番 (rare)

Alteration of chōtsugai above, using the on'yomi of ban for the 番 character.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーばん [chòóbáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːbã̠ɴ]

Noun

蝶(ちょう)番(ばん) • (chōban) ^{←てふばん (tefuban)^?}

hinge

Derived terms

蝶番関節(ちょうばんかんせつ) (chōban kansetsu, “hinge joint”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth 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

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