座頭

Chinese

 
seat; base; stand
seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
head; (noun suffix)
trad. (座頭)
simp. (座头)

Pronunciation


Noun

座頭

  1. seat
  2. (Hong Kong) reception at the lobby of a residential building

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

(za, seat) + (, leader)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(とう) • (zatō) 

  1. blind man
Derived terms
  • 川上座頭(かわかみざとう) (kawakamizatō)
  • 不聞座頭(きかずざとう) (kikazuzatō)
  • 清水座頭(きよみずざとう) (kiyomizuzatō)
  • 瞽女座頭(ごぜざとう) (gozezatō)
  • 座頭金(ざとうがね) (zatōgane)
  • 座頭鯨(ざとうくじら) (zatōkujira, humpback whale)
  • 座頭転(ざとうころ)ばし (zatōkorobashi)
  • 座頭虫(ざとうむし) (zatōmushi, harvestman)
  • 猿座頭(さるざとう) (saruzatō)
  • 月見座頭(つきみざとう) (tsukimizatō)
  • 花見座頭(はなみざとう) (hanamizatō)
  • 平家座頭(へいけざとう) (heikezatō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
かしら > がしら
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

(za, seat) + (kashira, leader)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(がしら) • (zagashira) 

  1. troupe leader

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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