一挙両得

See also: 一舉兩得 and 一举两得

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	挙	両	得
いち > いっ Grade: 1	きょ Grade: 4	りょう Grade: 3	とく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
一擧兩得 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Sinitic 一舉兩得／一举两得 (yījǔliǎngdé).

一挙(いっきょ) (ikkyo, “one action”) + 両得(りょうとく) (ryōtoku, “two gains”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっきょりょーとく [íꜜkkyò ryòòtòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ik̚ʲkʲo̞ ɾʲo̞ːto̞kɯ̟]

Noun

一(いっ)挙(きょ)両(りょう)得(とく) • (ikkyo ryōtoku) ^{←いつきよりやうとく (itukyo ryautoku)?}

1. killing two birds with one stone

Synonyms

• 一挙両全(いっきょりょうぜん) (ikkyo ryōzen)
• 一石二鳥(いっせきにちょう) (isseki nichō)

References

• “一挙両得”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026