草履

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	履
そう > じょう Grade: 1	り Grade: S
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
草	履
そう > ぞう Grade: 1	り Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) In late Middle Japanese, the initial [zo] temporarily becomes affricate [dʒo].

/zauri/ → /zoːri/

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) ぞーり [zòórí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

草(ぞう)履(り) • (zōri) ^{←ざうり (zauri)^?} (alternative reading hiragana じょうり, katakana ジョウリ, rōmaji jōri, historical hiragana じやうり, historical katakana ジヤウリ)

a type of flat, thonged sandal
- circa 934, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 4):
  草履楊氏漢語抄云草履、和名與屩同、俗云佐宇利
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- circa 1177-1188, Iroha Jiruishō:
  草履 サウリ 和名与屩曰日記用浄履
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- 1444, Kagakushū, volume 13:
  草（ジャウ）履　ザウリ
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- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 369)
  Iǒri (=ジョウリ)

Derived terms

草(ぞう)履(り)虫(むし) (zōrimushi, “paramecium”)
草(ぞう)履(り)取(と)り (zōritori, “servant in charge of footwear”)

References

Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
Kamei, Takashi (1944) Kagakushū: Gennabon (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten
Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
Tadakane, Tachibana; Atsuo Masamune (ed.) (c. 1177-1188) Iroha Jiruishō (in Japanese), Kazama Shobō, published 1971