にくづき

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
肉付き
肉付 (dated)
肉づき

From (にく) (niku) + () (tsuki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (tsuku).). The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くづき [nìkúzúkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

にくづき • (nikuzuki) にくづき (nikuduki)?

  1. build (of the body); the way in which one has flesh and body

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
肉月
Examples

From (にく) (niku, meat; flesh) + (つき) (tsuki, moon), referring to its etymological origin as the character (meat; flesh) and its present appearance as . Compare Jin 月肉旁. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) づき [nìkúꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

にくづき • (nikuzuki) にくづき (nikuduki)?

  1. The kanji component , appearing on the left, etymologically (meat; flesh) and used in words related to the body.

References

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