試合

Japanese

Kanji in this term
試	合
し Grade: 4	あい Grade: 2

Etymology

This kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字), but probably 試 ("test") + 合 ("fit")

Noun

試合 (hiragana しあい, rōmaji shiai)

1. (sports) match, game

Synonyms

• 勝 (しょう)負 (ぶ) (shōbu), 取 (と)り組 (く)み (torikumi)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
試	合

Noun

試合 • (sihap) (hangeul 시합)

1. Hanja form^? of 시합 (“game, contest, match”).