氷柱

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひょう
Grade: 3
ちゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on
Kanji in this term
つらら
Grade: 3 Grade: 3
jukujikun
 氷柱 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Shift from a reduplication of either (tsura, "strung together") or (tsura, "smooth"), or a compound of one of the former + (-ra, nominalizing and pluralizing suffix). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ひょーちゅう [hyòóchúú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ço̞ːt͡ɕɨː]

Noun

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氷柱(つらら) or (ひょう)(ちゅう) (tsurara or hyōchū

  1. an icicle
    Synonym: (Tsugaru) すがま (sugama)

See also

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Kanji in this term
つららいし
Grade: 3 Grade: 3
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 氷柱 – see the following entry.
氷柱石つららいし
[noun] (geology) Synonym of 鍾乳石 (shōnyūseki, stalactite)
Alternative spelling
鍾乳石
(This term, 氷柱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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