孤児
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 孤 | 児 |
| こ Grade: S |
じ Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 孤兒 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 孤兒 (MC ku nye|ngej).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- an orphan
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 孤 | 児 |
| Grade: S | Grade: 4 |
| irregular | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 孤兒 (kyūjitai) |
Jukujikun (熟字訓) spelling for the term みなしご (minashigo), itself a compound of 身 (mi, “identity, family”) + 無し (nashi, “none, without”) + 子 (ko, “child”).[1] The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
- 孤 (less common)
Noun
- an orphan
Derived terms
- 孤児薬 (minashigo yaku): an orphan drug
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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