砂時計

See also: 沙時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砂 時 計
すな
Grade: 6 		とけい > どけい
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
kun'yomi jukujikun

Etymology

From 砂 (suna, “sand”) +‎ 時計 (tokei, “timepiece”, jukujikun (熟字訓)). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

砂(すな)時計(どけい) • (sunadokei) 

  1. an hourglass
    Synonym: (less common) 砂漏 (sarō)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
砂時計

Noun

砂時計 • (sasigye) (hangeul 사시계)

  1. hanja form? of 사시계
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