T字路

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字 路
じ
Grade: 1 		ろ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Alteration of 丁(てい)字(じ)路(ろ) (teijiro, “T-junction”, literally "丁-character road", descriptive of the road's shape), due to the similarity in sound and shape of 丁(てい) (tei) to the letter T.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ティーじろ [tìíjíꜜrò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [tʲiːʑiɾo̞]
  • (Osaka) ティーじ​ろ [tííjíꜜrò] (Kōki)
  • (Osaka) ティーじ​ろ [tììjíꜜrò] (Teiki)

Noun

T(ティー)字(じ)路(ろ) • (tī-jiro) 

  1. T-junction

Synonyms

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