富士壺

Japanese
Kanji in this term
富 士 壺
ふ
Grade: 4		 じ
Grade: 5		 つぼ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
藤壺

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally spelled 藤壺(ふぢつぼ) (fujitsubo), calque of Chinese 藤壺／藤壶 (ténghú). The 富士(ふじ) (fuji) is an ateji emerged after the merger between じ <zi> and ぢ <di> to <ji>.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ふじつぼ [fùjítsúbó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ふじ​つぼ [fùjíꜜtsùbò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑit͡sɨᵝbo̞]

Noun

富(ふ)士(じ)壺(つぼ) or 富士壺(フジツボ) • (fujitsubo) 

  1. barnacle (marine crustacean)

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