空知

空知

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	知
そら Grade: 1	ち Grade: 2
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Etymology

Derived from Ainu ソラㇷ゚チペッ (so rap ci pet), in turn a compound of Ainu so (“waterfall”) + v. rap (“to descend”, plural form of ran) + ci (plural nominalizing marker) + pet (“river”).[1] The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞ɾa̠t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

空(そら)知(ち) • (Sorachi) 

1. a place name
2. a surname

References

1. John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., visible online here