にくづき

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
肉付き 肉付 (dated) 肉づき

From 肉(にく) (niku) + 付(つ)き (tsuki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 付(つ)く (tsuku).”). The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にくづき [nìkúzúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

にくづき • (nikuzuki) ^{←にくづき (nikuduki)?}

1. build (of the body); the way in which one has flesh and body

Related terms

• 肉付(にくづ)け (nikuzuke)

See also

• 体付(からだつ)き (karadatsuki)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
肉月

Examples
肥肺胸脈脳腸腹臓

From 肉(にく) (niku, “meat; flesh”) + 月(つき) (tsuki, “moon”), referring to its etymological origin as the character 肉 (“meat; flesh”) and its present appearance as 月. Compare Jin 月肉旁. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にく​づき [nìkúꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

にくづき • (nikuzuki) ^{←にくづき (nikuduki)?}

1. The kanji component 月, appearing on the left, etymologically 肉 (“meat; flesh”) and used in words related to the body.
   • 1986, 砂岡和子, “敦煌出土『字宝碎金』の語彙と字体”, in 中国語学‎^[1], number 233:

     ⿰月虎は又字に引かれている𬿚〔臕〕の意味で使われている俗字である。現代北京語でも彪はbiāoという発音であるように，流摂幽韻の虎を声符に肉月の偏旁をプラスした造字であろう。