屋根
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 屋 | 根 |
| や Grade: 3 |
ね Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 家根 |
Etymology
[edit]屋 (ya, “building, house”) + 根 (ne, “root”). Houses in ancient Japan were dugouts, where the roof came right down to the ground.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Why does 屋根 means roof and 天井 means ceiling? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “屋根”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
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