小槌

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Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
hammer; mallet; pestle
trad. (小槌)
simp. #(小槌)

Pronunciation


Noun

小槌

  1. small hammer or mallet; gavel

Japanese

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小槌 (kozuchi): various hammers or mallets, with the small hammers on the right.
小槌 (kozuchi): a gavel.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
つち > づち
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (ko, small) +‎ (tsuchi, hammer, mallet). The tsuchi changes to zuchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(づち) (kozuchi

  1. a small mallet or hammer
  2. (law, legislative) a wooden gavel

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN