島木

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
島 木
しま
Grade: 3 		き > ぎ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From 島(しま) (shima, “island”) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しまぎ [shìmágí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕima̠ɡʲi]

Noun

島(しま)木(ぎ) • (shimagi) 

  1. (architecture) shimagi (second crossbar in a torii, under the kasagi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
島 木
しま
Grade: 3 		き
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From 島(しま) (shima, “island”) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”).

Pronunciation

(noun)

  • (Tokyo) しまき [shìmákí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕima̠kʲi]

(proper noun)

  • (Tokyo) しまき [shíꜜmàkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɕima̠kʲi]

Noun

島(しま)木(き) • (shimaki) 

  1. (rare, architecture) shimagi (second crossbar in a torii, under the kasagi)

Proper noun

島(しま)木(き) • (Shimaki) 

  1. a surname
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