揺籃

See also: 搖籃 and 摇篮

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: S
らん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
搖籃 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 搖籃摇篮 (yew lam, literally shake, rock + basket).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーらん [yòóráń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

(よう)(らん) • (yōran) えうらん (euran)?

  1. (archaic) a rocking cradle (for a baby)
  2. (figuratively, by extension) infancy; early stages of something
    揺籃(ようらん)()
    yōran no chi
    place of the beginning[2]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ゆり
Grade: S
かご
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
搖籃 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (yuri, rocking, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 揺る yuru “to rock; to shake”) + (kago, basket).[3]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りかご [yùríkágó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝɾʲika̠ɡo̞]

Noun

(ゆり)(かご) • (yurikago) 

  1. a rocking cradle (for a baby)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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