真珠貝
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Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 真 | 珠 | 貝 |
| しん Grade: 3 |
しゅ > じゅ Grade: S |
かい > がい Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 眞珠貝 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
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Compound of 真珠 (shinju, “pearl”) + 貝 (kai, “shell, shellfish”). The kai changes to gai due to rendaku (連濁).
Noun
[edit]- the pearl oyster, Japanese akoya oyster (inedible)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 真 read as しん
- Japanese terms spelled with 珠 read as しゅ
- Japanese terms spelled with 貝 read as かい
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
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