賽銭箱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Hyōgai
せん
Grade: 6
はこ > ばこ
Grade: 3
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
賽錢箱 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(さい)(せん) (saisen) + (はこ) (hako), The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いせんばこ [sàíséꜜǹbàkò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠isẽ̞mba̠ko̞]

Noun

(さい)(せん)(ばこ) • (saisenbako

  1. offertory box

References

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