古時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	時	計
ふる Grade: 2	と > ど Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

Etymology

From 古(ふる)い (furui, “old”) + 時計(とけい) (tokei, “clock”). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Noun

古(ふる)時(ど)計(けい) • (furudokei) 

1. antique clock, grandfather clock