火時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火 時 計
ひ
Grade: 1 		とき > ど
Grade: 2 		けい
Grade: 2
kun'yomi irregular kan'yōon

Etymology

火(ひ) (hi, “fire”) + 時計(とけい) (tokei, “clock, watch”). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [çido̞ke̞ː]

Noun

火(ひ)時(ど)計(けい) • (hidokei) 

  1. a clock that tells time using the burning of sticks of incense or fuses
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