玄孫

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See also: 玄孙

Chinese[edit]

black; mysterious grandson
trad. (玄孫)
simp. (玄孙)

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: Shantou.

Noun[edit]

玄孫

  1. great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)
  2. (Wu) great-grandson
  3. distant descendant

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
やしゃ
Grade: S
こ > ご
Grade: 4
irregular kun’yomi

Shift from yashiwago.[1][2][3] Compare a similar contraction process in そりゃ (sorya) from それ (sore wa).

First attested in 1614.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(やしゃ)() (yashago

  1. [from 1614] a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
やしわ
Grade: S
こ > ご
Grade: 4
irregular kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Compound of やしわ (yashiwa, from ancient yasipa, of uncertain meaning, possibly “great-grandchild”?) +‎ (ko, child).[1][3][5]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ja̠ɕiɰᵝa̠ɡo̞]

Noun[edit]

(やしわ)() (yashiwagoやしはご (yasifago)?

  1. [from 720] (archaic, possibly dialect) a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: S
そん
Grade: 4
goon on’yomi

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 玄孫 (MC hwen swon).

First attested in Japanese in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 701.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(げん)(そん) (genson

  1. [from 701] a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN