包丁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
包	丁
ほう Grade: 4	ちょう Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
庖丁

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 庖丁 (páodīng, “cook”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーちょー [hòóchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

包(ほう)丁(ちょう) • (hōchō)

kitchen knife, cooking knife, cleaver

See also

刃物(はもの) (hamono, “knife”)
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References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN