オンス

㌉	U+3309, ㌉ SQUARE ONSU

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[U+3308]

CJK Compatibility

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[U+330A]

Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings
㌉𬼄 (rare)

Borrowed from Dutch ons,[1][2] with some sources also listing English ounce.[1][3] Considering that English ounce would have been borrowed as アウンス (aunsu), the Dutch origin seems more likely.

First cited to 1886.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) オンス [óꜜǹsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

Noun

オンス • (onsu)

(measurement) ounce [1886]
- 1990 June 25 [Feb 17 1990], Morikawa, George, “Round(ラウンド) ４(フォーア)　うれし涙(なみだ) [Round 4: Tears of Joy]”, in はじめの一(いっ)歩(ぽ) THE(ザ) FIGHTING(ファイティング)! [The First Step: THE FIGHTING!], volume 1 (fiction), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 123:
  彼(かれ)のグローブも 12(じゅうに)オンスだった　それでもブロックした腕(うで)がこの通(とお)りさ
  Kare no gurōbu mo jūni-onsu datta sore demo burokku shita ude ga kono tōrisa
  He was using 12-ounce gloves too, and yet my blocking arms still got beaten up like this.

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN