苔玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苔 玉
こけ
Jinmeiyō 		たま > だま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 苔 (koke) +‎ 玉 (tama), literally “moss ball”. The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こけだま [kòkédámá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ke̞da̠ma̠]

Noun

苔(こけ)玉(だま) • (kokedama) 

  1. A plant grown in a ball of soil, covered in moss and held together with strings; kokedama.
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