要石

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要 石
かなめ
Grade: 4 		いし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かなめいし [kànáméꜜìshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠na̠me̞iɕi]

Noun

要(かなめ)石(いし) • (kanameishi) ←かなめいし (kanameisi)?

  1. spiritual stone buried in the ground at shrines across Japan and said to prevent earthquakes; foundation stone; keystone
    1. (architecture, figurative) keystone

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
要石

Noun

要石 • (yoseok) (hangeul 요석)

  1. hanja form? of 요석
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