揺籃

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See also: 搖籃 and 摇篮

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
揺 籃
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

Noun

揺(よう)籃(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)の地(ち)
    yōran no chi
    place of the beginning
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

揺(ゆり)籃(かご) • (yurikago) 

  1. a rocking cradle (for a baby)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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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