南京玉

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	京	玉
なん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2	たま > だま Grade: 1
irregular		kun'yomi

Etymology

From 南京(ナンキン) (Nankin) + 玉(たま) (tama). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ナンキンだま (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

南京玉(ナンキンだま) • (nankindama) ^{←ナンキンだま (nankindama)^?}

glass bead

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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