くじ

See also: くし

Japanese

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

(less common) 籤, 鬮

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くじ [kúꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

くじ • (kuji)

lot; sweepstakes

Derived terms

Derived terms

あみだくじ (amidakuji)
くじを引(ひ)く (kuji o hiku): to draw lots
宝(たから)くじ (takarakuji)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of くじ – see the following entries.

【九時】	[noun] nine o'clock

【孔子こうし】

[proper noun] Confucius

(This term, くじ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as くじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くじ.)

References

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

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