試合

Japanese

Kanji in this term
試	合
し Grade: 4 (ateji)	あい Grade: 2
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
仕合

Etymology

From し (shi, “to do”, continuative form of する) + 合(あ)う (au, “each other”).

Noun

試(し)合(あい) • (shiai) 

1. (sports) match, game

Synonyms

• 勝負(しょうぶ) (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”).