男の子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
男 子
おとこ
Grade: 1 		こ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 男 (otoko, “man; male”) +‎ の (no, appositional particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1711.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おとこのこ [òtókóꜜnòkò] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [o̞to̞ko̞no̞ko̞]

Noun

男(おとこ)の子(こ) • (otokonoko) 

  1. [from 1711] a boy

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “男の子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “男の子”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
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