二十歳
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 二 | 十 | 歳 |
| はたち | ||
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | Grade: S |
| jukujikun | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 二十歲 (kyūjitai) |
From Old Japanese はたち (“twenty items”).
Noun
Usage notes
Twenty is the age of majority in Japan.
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 二 | 十 | 歳 |
| に Grade: 1 |
じゅっ Grade: 1 |
さい Grade: S |
| on’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 二十歲 (kyūjitai) |
From 二十 (nijū, “twenty”) + 歳 (sai, “year”).
Noun
Usage notes
Jōyō kanji recognized only じゅう (jū) and じっ (ji') as readings of 十 until 2010, even though the latter is actually pronounced じゅっ (ju') today and NHK accepted it already in 1966.
See also
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 二
- Japanese terms spelled with 十
- Japanese terms spelled with 歳
- Japanese terms read with jukujikun
- Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 二 read as に
- Japanese terms spelled with 十 read as じゅっ
- Japanese terms spelled with 歳 read as さい
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with irregular kanji readings