千早人
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 千 | 早 | 人 |
| ち Grade: 1 | はや Grade: 1 | ひと Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | ||
Etymology
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
The shift to rendaku (連濁) form -bito is likely due to align with companion pillow word 千早振る (chihayaburu).
Noun
千早人 (hiragana ちはやひと, rōmaji chihaya-hito, alternative reading ちはやびと, rōmaji chihaya-bito)
- allusion to 宇治 (Uji, “a placename, especially of river crossing”)
- from the the sense of “a ferocious man” used in reference to a specific 氏 (uji, “family, clan”), then punning off the “clan” reading of uji
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:千早人.
See also
- 千早振る (chihayaburu)
- 阻し (ujihayashi)