象亀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象 亀
ぞう
Grade: 5 		かめ > がめ
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
象龜 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

象(ぞう) (zō, “elephant”) + 亀(かめ) (kame, “turtle”). The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぞーがめ [zòógámé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [d͡zo̞ːɡa̠me̞]

Noun

象(ぞう)亀(がめ) or 象亀(ゾウガメ) • (zōgame) ←ざうがめ (zaugame)?

  1. a giant tortoise
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