富士壺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
富	士	壺
ふ Grade: 4	じ Grade: 5	つぼ Hyōgai
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
藤壺 (rare)

Etymology

Originally spelled 藤壺(ふぢつぼ) (fujitsubo), calque of Chinese 藤壺 / 藤壶 (ténghú). The 富士(ふじ) (fuji) is an ateji emerged after the merger between じ <zi> and ぢ <di> to <ji>.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふじつぼ [fùjítsúbó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) ふじつぼ [fùjíꜜtsùbò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑit͡sɨbo̞]

Noun

富(ふ)士(じ)壺(つぼ) or 富士壺(フジツボ) • (fujitsubo)

barnacle, a marine crustacean of the suborder Balanomorpha

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN