植木鉢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
植	木	鉢
うえ Grade: 3	き Grade: 1	はち > ばち Grade: S
kun'yomi		on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 植木 (ueki, “plant”) +‎ 鉢 (hachi, “pot”). The hachi changes to bachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うえきばち [ùékíꜜbàchì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟e̞kʲiba̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

植(うえ)木(き)鉢(ばち) • (uekibachi) ^{←うゑきばち (uwekibati)^?}

flowerpot

References

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