肩甲骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肩	甲	骨
けん Grade: S	こう Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
kan'on

Alternative spelling
肩胛骨

Etymology

Probably from written Chinese 肩胛骨 (jiānjiǎgǔ). The original sense in Chinese is unclear; it may have been shoulder blade, scapula, or it may have been more generally just shoulder bone.

First cited in Japanese in a medical dictionary from 1872.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんこーこつ [kèńkóꜜòkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋko̞ːko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

肩(けん)甲(こう)骨(こつ) • (kenkōkotsu) ^{←けんかふこつ (kenkafukotu)^?}

shoulder blade, scapula

Usage notes

This was originally written as 肩胛骨. The more common modern spelling 肩甲骨 uses the slightly simpler character 甲 instead of 胛.

References

^ “肩甲骨・肩胛骨”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-1] “肩甲骨・肩胛骨”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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