鶴亀算

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
つる
Grade: S
かめ
Grade: S
さん > ざん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
鶴龜算 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of (つる) (tsuru, crane) + (かめ) (kame, turtle) + (さん) (san, mathematics). The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨɾɯ̟ka̠me̞zã̠ɴ]

Noun

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(つる)(かめ)(ざん) (tsurukamezan

  1. a one of common word problem in Japan. It says that "There cranes and turtles. The count of heads is X and count of legs is Y. How many cranes and turtles are there respectively?"