五輪塔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	輪	塔
ご Grade: 1	りん Grade: 4	とう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 五輪 (gorin, “five rings”) +‎ 塔 (tō, “tower”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごりんとー [gòríńtóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ɾʲĩnto̞ː]

Noun

五(ご)輪(りん)塔(とう) • (gorintō) ^{←ごりんたふ (gorintafu)^?}

five-ringed pagoda

Meronyms

地輪(ちりん) (chirin)
水輪(すいりん) (suirin)
火輪(かりん) (karin)
風輪(ふうりん) (fūrin)
空輪(くうりん) (kūrin)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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

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