積み木

積み木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
積	木
つ Grade: 4	き Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
積木

積み木 (tsumiki): a child's building blocks.

Etymology

Compound of 積み (tsumi, “building up, piling up”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 積む (tsumu, “to build up, to pile up”)) +‎ 木 (ki, “wood”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つみき [tsùmíkí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝmʲikʲi]

Noun

積(つ)み木(き) • (tsumiki) 

1. a building block (children's toy)

   子(こ)供(ども)は積(つ)み木(き)で遊(あそ)ぶ

   kodomo wa tsumiki de asobu

   children play with building blocks

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN