草履

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	履

Etymology

Historically /zauri/. The vowel sequence /au/ regularly contracts into long IPA: [oː] via regular phonological rules becoming zōri. In late Middle Japanese, the initial IPA: [zo] temporarily becomes affricate IPA: [dʒo].

Noun

草履 (hiragana ぞうり, katakana ゾウリ, romaji zōri, historical hiragana ざうり)

1. Flat, thonged sandals.
   • c. 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

   • c. 1177-1188: Iroha Jiruishō

     草履 サウリ 和名与屩曰日記用浄履

   • 1444: Kagakushū (Volume 13)

     草（ジャウ）履　ザウリ

Noun

草履 (hiragana じょうり, katakana ジョウリ, romaji jōri, historical hiragana じやうり)

1. (Same as zōri)
   • 1444: Kagakushū (Volume 13)

     草（ジャウ)履　ザウリ

   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 369)

     Iǒri (=ジョウリ)

See also

• Zōri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Zōri

References

• 1980 May 23 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1944 May 23 [1444], Takashi Kamei, Kagakushū: Gennabon (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten:
• 1968 May 23 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

• 1971 [c. 1177-1188], Tachibana Tadakane; Atsuo Masamune (ed.), Iroha Jiruishō (in Japanese), Kazama Shobō: