祖母

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Chinese[edit]

ancestor; forefather; grandparents female; mother
simp. and trad.
(祖母)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (13) (4)
Final () (23) (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter tsuX muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suoX/ /məuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡suoX/ /məuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡soX/ /məuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɔX/ /məwX/
Li
Rong
/t͡soX/ /muX/
Wang
Li
/t͡suX/ /məuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡suoX/ /mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zou2 mau5

Noun[edit]

祖母

  1. (formal) paternal grandmother
    放假我們一家大小鄉下探望祖母 [MSC, trad.]
    放假我们一家大小乡下探望祖母 [MSC, simp.]
    Fàngjià le, wǒmen yījiādàxiǎo wǎng xiāngxià qù tànwàng zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]
    We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
祖母 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 祖母 (MC tsuX muwX). Uses the kan'yōon for the character, indicating a sound change within the Japanese language.

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Noun[edit]

()() (sobo

  1. grandmother

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN