蟄居

Chinese

hibernate reside
trad. (蟄居)
simp. (蛰居)

Pronunciation


Verb

蟄居

  1. to live in isolation; to live in seclusion

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蟄居):
  • Japanese: 蟄居(ちっきょ) (chikkyo)
  • Korean: 칩거(蟄居) (chipgeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちつ > ちっ
Hyōgai
きょ
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っきょ [chíꜜkkyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕik̚ʲkʲo̞]

Noun

蟄居(ちっきょ) • (chikkyo

  1. being confined to one's house

Verb

蟄居(ちっきょ)する • (chikkyo surusuru (stem 蟄居(ちっきょ) (chikkyo shi), past 蟄居(ちっきょ)した (chikkyo shita))

  1. Same as above.

Conjugation

References

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