幕串

Japanese
Kanji in this term
幕 串
まく
Grade: 6		 くし > ぐし
Grade: S
goon kun’yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 幕 (maku, “curtain”) +‎ 串 (kushi, “skewer, spit”). The kushi changes to gushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まく​ぐし [màkúꜜgùshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • (Tokyo) まくぐし [màkúgúshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠kɯ̟ᵝɡɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

幕(まく)串(ぐし) • (makugushi) 

  1. A curtain hanger: a post intended to hang up a curtain.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) 串 (kushi)

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