太鼓

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
simp. and trad. (太鼓)		太	鼓

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 太鼓 (taiko).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-ku³
    • Yale: tài-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayguu
    • Palladius: тайгу (tajgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 太古 太鼓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taai³ gu²
    • Yale: taai gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 太古 太鼓

Noun

太鼓

1. (music) taiko drums

See also

• 大鼓 (dàgǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	鼓
たい Grade: 2	こ Grade: S
on’yomi

太鼓

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 太 (tai, “big, fat, thick”) +‎ 鼓 (ko, “drum”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいこ [tàíkó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞]

Noun

太(たい)鼓(こ) • (taiko) 

1. (music) a drum

   Synonym: ドラム (doramu)

2. more specifically, one of various sizes of traditional Japanese drums
3. a drumbeat, the sound of a drum as a signal

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 太(たい)鼓(こ)腹(ばら) (taikobara)
• 一(いち)番(ばん)太(だい)鼓(こ) (ichibandaiko)
• 打(う)ち出(だ)し太(だい)鼓(こ) (uchidashidaiko)
• 団扇(うちわ)太(だい)鼓(こ) (uchiwadaiko)
• 柄(え)太(だい)鼓(こ) (edaiko)
• 大(おお)太(だい)鼓(こ) (ōdaiko)
• 踊(おど)り太(だい)鼓(こ) (odoridaiko)
• 鬼(おに)太(だい)鼓(こ) (onidaiko)
• 火(か)焔(えん)太(だい)鼓(こ) (kaendaiko)
• 掛(か)かり太(だい)鼓(こ) (kakaridaiko)
• 楽(がく)太(だい)鼓(こ) (gakudaiko)
• 神(か)楽(ぐら)太(だい)鼓(こ) (kaguradaiko)
• かんから太(だい)鼓(こ) (kankaradaiko)
• 曲(きょく)太(だい)鼓(こ) (kyokudaiko)
• 御(ご)陣(じん)乗(じょう)太(だい)鼓(こ) (gojinjōdaiko)
• 小(こ)太(だい)鼓(こ) (kodaiko)
• 三(さん)番(ばん)太(だい)鼓(こ) (sanbandaiko)
• 仕(し)舞(ま)い太(だい)鼓(こ) (shimaidaiko)
• 締(し)め太(だい)鼓(こ) (shimedaiko)
• 陣(じん)太(だい)鼓(こ) (jindaiko)
• 鈴(すず)太(だい)鼓(こ) (suzudaiko)
• 捨(す)て太(だい)鼓(こ) (sutedaiko)
• 銭(ぜに)太(だい)鼓(こ) (zenidaiko)
• 攻(せ)め太(だい)鼓(こ) (semedaiko)
• 題(だい)目(もく)太(だい)鼓(こ) (daimokudaiko)
• 散(ち)らし太(だい)鼓(こ) (chirashidaiko)
• 釣(つり)太(だい)鼓(こ) (tsuridaiko)
• でんでん太(だい)鼓(こ) (dendendaiko)
• 時(とき)太(だい)鼓(こ) (tokidaiko)
• 担(にな)い太(だい)鼓(こ) (ninaidaiko)
• 二(に)番(ばん)太(だい)鼓(こ) (nibandaiko)
• 野(の)太(だい)鼓(こ) (nodaiko)
• 果(は)て太(だい)鼓(こ) (hatedaiko)
• 早(はや)太(だい)鼓(こ) (hayadaiko)
• 人(ひと)寄(よ)せ太(だい)鼓(こ) (hitoyosedaiko)
• 触(ふ)れ太(だい)鼓(こ) (furedaiko)
• 豆(まめ)太(だい)鼓(こ) (mamedaiko)
• 櫓(やぐら)太(だい)鼓(こ) (yaguradaiko)
• 寄(よ)せ太(だい)鼓(こ) (yosedaiko)