二輪
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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二 | 輪 |
に Grade: 1 | りん Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
May be from Middle Chinese 二輪 (MC ȵiɪH liuɪn).
Alternatively, may have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 二 (ni, “two”) + 輪 (rin, “wheel; ring”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) にりん [nìríń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) にりん [níꜜrìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɾʲĩɴ]
Noun
二輪 (hiragana にりん, rōmaji nirin)
- two things that are round
- 日月の二輪
- jitsugetsu no nirin
- the two circles / rings / roundnesses of the sun and the moon
- 二輪咲きの百合
- nirinsaki no yuri
- two-circle-blooming lilies → twin-blooming lilies
- 日月の二輪
Derived terms
- 二輪車 (nirinsha): a two-wheeled vehicle; a bicycle; a moped, a motorcycle
- 二輪草 (nirinsō): Anemone flaccida, a kind of flower
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan