千早人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
千 早 人
ち
Grade: 1 		はや
Grade: 1 		ひと
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

The shift to rendaku (連濁) form -bito is a modern invention, likely due to align with companion pillow word 千早振る (chihayaburu).

Noun

千(ち)早(はや)人(ひと) or 千早人(ちはやびと) • (chihaya-hito or chihaya-bito) 

  1. allusion to 宇治 (Uji, “a placename, especially of river crossing”)
    from the sense of “a ferocious man” used in reference to a specific 氏 (uji, “family, clan”), then punning off the “clan” reading of uji

Quotations

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See also

Old Japanese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Derived from 逸早 (itipaya, stem of verb 逸早し (itipayasi), “swift, harsh, fierce”) +‎ 人 (pi1to2, “person”), or (i)tipayabu + pi1to2?”

Noun

千早人 (tipaya-pi1to2) (kana ちはやひと)

  1. allusion to 宇治 (Udi, “a placename, especially of river crossing”)
    from the sense of “a ferocious man” used in reference to a specific 氏 (udi, “family, clan”), then punning off the “clan” reading of udi

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:千早人.

See also

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