剃刀

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Chinese

shave knife
simp. and trad.
(剃刀) 		剃 刀

Pronunciation

Noun

剃刀

  1. razor (Classifier: 把 m c)
    一次性剃刀  ―  yīcìxìng tìdāo  ―  disposable razor

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
剃 刀
かみそり
Hyōgai Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 髪 (kami, “hair on the head”) +‎ 剃り (sori, “shaving facial hair or body hair; a shaver”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 剃(そ)る (soru, “to shave facial hair or body hair”).). First cited in the ten-volume Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.[1]

The kanji are from Chinese 剃刀 (tìdāo).

Pronunciation

Noun

剃刀(かみそり) • (kamisori) 

  1. razor

Derived terms

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
剃 刀
Hyōgai Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 剃刀 (kamisori). Attested in 沖縄語典 as かんすい.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

剃刀(かんすい) (kansui) 

  1. razor

References

  1. ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI
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