乳首

乳首

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	首
にゅう Grade: 6	しゅ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
乳	首
ちち Grade: 6	くび Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
乳	首
ち Grade: 6	くび Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

乳 (chi, chichi, nyū, “breast”) +‎ 首 (kubi, shu, “neck”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ち​くび [chíꜜkùbì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ちく​び [chìkúꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ちち​くび [chìchíꜜkùbì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥t͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) にゅ​うしゅ [nyúꜜùshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝːɕɨᵝ]

Noun

乳首 (hiragana ちくび, rōmaji chikubi, alternative reading ちちくび, rōmaji chichikubi, alternative reading にゅうしゅ, rōmaji nyūshu)

1. (anatomy) a nipple
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 120)

     Chicubi. チクビ (乳首) 乳房の先端. Chicubiuo fuqumuru. (乳首を含むる) 乳房の先端を人の口の中にさし入れる, すなわち, 乳を吸わせる. Chicubiuo fuqumu, l, cuuayuru. (乳首を含む, または, 銜ゆる) 乳房を口に含む, または, 乳を飲む.

2. a pacifier (for a baby)

See also

• おしゃぶり (oshaburi)

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.