土器

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	device; tool; utensil
trad. (土器)		土	器
simp. ^#(土器)		土	器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔqì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄑㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǔqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǔcì
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu³-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: tǔ-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuchih
  - Palladius: туци (tuci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    吐棄 / 吐弃
    吐氣 / 吐气
    土氣 / 土气

Noun

土器

crockery; earthenware

Synonyms

瓦器 (wǎqì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (土器):

→ Japanese: 土器(どき) (doki)
→ Korean: 토기(土器) (togi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	器
Grade: 1	Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

kaparake → kaɸarake → kawarake. Compound of 瓦 (kawara, “tile”) +‎ 笥 (ke, “container”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠ɾa̠ke̞]

Noun

土器(かわらけ) • (kawarake) ^{←かはらけ (kafarake)^?}

unglazed pottery
an unglazed drinking cup
(figuratively) a woman who does not grow pubic hair

Synonyms

(woman who does not grow pubic hair): パイパン (paipan)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どき [dóꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞kʲi]

Noun

土器(どき) • (doki)

an unglazed container made from baked clay; earthenware

References

^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
土	器

Noun

土器 • (togi) (hangeul 토기)

hanja form^? of 토기 (“earthenware; earthen pottery”)