園児
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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園 | 児 |
えん Grade: 2 | じ Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
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園兒 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
園 (en, shortened from 幼稚園 (yōchien, “kindergarten”) or 保育園 (hoikuen, “nursery school”)) + 児 (ji, “child”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) えんじ [éꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]
Noun
園児 • (enji) ←ゑんじ (wenzi)?
- a kindergartner
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN