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)?

  1. five-ringed pagoda (type of pagoda featuring 5 types of special shapes)

Meronyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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