金槌
Japanese
金槌 (kanazuchi): various kinds of traditional hammers with metal heads.
金槌 (kanazuchi): a modern metal hammer.
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 金 | 槌 |
| かな Grade: 1 | つち > づち Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi | |
Alternative forms
- 鉄槌, 鉄鎚
Etymology
Compound of 金 (kana, “metal”) + 槌 (tsuchi, “hammer, mallet”). The tsuchi changes to zuchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) かなづち [kànázúꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) かなづち [kànázúchíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) かなづち [kànázúchí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
- IPA(key): [ka̠na̠zɨᵝt͡ɕi]
Noun
金槌 (hiragana かなづち, rōmaji kanazuchi)
- a hammer with at least a metal head, or possibly made entirely of metal
- (figuratively) someone who cannot swim at all (from the way that a metal hammer will drop quickly in water)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3