三箇日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	箇	日
さん Grade: 1	か > が Grade: S	にち Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
三が日三ヶ日

Etymology

Literally the “three days”. 箇(か) (ka) is a counter for items suffixed to Sino-Japanese numerals. The -ka changes to -ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さんがにち [sàńgáꜜnìchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
(Tokyo) さんがにち [sàńgáníchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋɡa̠ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Proper noun

三(さん)箇(が)日(にち) • (San ga Nichi)

the first three days of the first month, corresponding to January 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the modern Japanese calendar

See also

元(がん)日(じつ) (ganjitsu)
三(さん)日(じつ) (sanjitsu)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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