山桐
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
---|---|
山 | 桐 |
やま Grade: 1 |
きり > ぎり Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 桐 (kiri, “paulownia”).
The kiri changes to giri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Synonym of 油桐 (aburagiri): the Japanese tung oil tree, Vernicia cordata
- Synonym of 針桐 (harigiri): the castor aralia, Kalopanax septemlobus
- Synonym of 沢胡桃 (sawagurumi): the Japanese wingnut, Pterocarya rhoifolia
Proper noun[edit]
山桐 or 山桐 • (Yamakiri or Yamagiri)
- a surname
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 山 read as やま
- Japanese terms spelled with 桐
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese surnames