稚貝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
稚	貝
ち Grade: S	かい > がい Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From 稚(ち) (chi, “immature, juvenile”) + 貝(かい) (kai, “shellfish”). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちがい [chìgáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) ちがい [chíꜜgàì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɡa̠i]

Noun

稚(ち)貝(がい) • (chigai) ^{←ちがひ (tigafi)^?}

juvenile shellfish

Synonyms

幼貝(ようがい) (yōgai)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN