手紙

See also: 手纸

Chinese

hand; convenient; ‑er paper
trad. (手紙)
simp. (手纸)

Pronunciation


Noun

手紙

  1. toilet paper
    宿舍翻箱倒櫃手紙最後還是不得不隔壁宿舍 [MSC, trad.]
    宿舍翻箱倒柜手纸最后还是不得不隔壁宿舍 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zài sùshè lǐ fānxiāngdǎoguì de zhǎo shǒuzhǐ. Zuìhòu háishì bùdébù pǎo dào gébì sùshè qù le. [Pinyin]
    I looked all over the dormitory for some toilet paper. In the end, I was forced to go to the dormitory next door.

Synonyms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
かみ > がみ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

Compound of (te, hand) + (kami, paper).[1][2] The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

An etymologically unrelated false friend of Chinese 手紙手纸 (shǒuzhǐ).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(がみ) • (tegami) 

  1. a letter, epistle (written message or note)
  2. (archaic) a utility paper used for various purposes, such as for jotting down notes or for wrapping items
    Synonym: 半切り紙 (hankirigami)
Descendants
  • Amis: tikami

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
かみ > がん
Grade: 2
kun’yomi irregular

/teɡami//teɡaɴ/

Shift from standard Japanese tegami, dropping the final vowel and keeping the nasal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [te̞ɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

()(がん) • (tegan) 

  1. (Kagoshima dialect) a letter, epistle (written message or note)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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
  • 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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