鶴亀算
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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鶴 | 亀 | 算 |
つる Grade: S | かめ Grade: S | さん > ざん Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 鶴 (tsuru, “crane”) + 亀 (kame, “turtle”) + 算 (san, “mathematics”). The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝka̠me̞zã̠ɴ]
Noun
鶴亀算 • (tsurukamezan)
- a one of common word problem in Japan. It says that "There cranes and turtles. The count of heads is X and count of legs is Y. How many cranes and turtles are there respectively?"